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Juan Ordaz
12,012 PointsI don't Understand how this should work
I am lost, I can figure out where I should fix the code
//Create the Modal
var $modal = $("<div id='modal'></div>");
//Create a placeholder for text in the modal
var $placeHolder = $("<p id='placeHolder'></p>");
$modal.append($placeHolder);
//Create a button to dismiss modal and att it to modal
var $dismissButton = $("<button>Dismiss</button>");
//Hide modal when button is pressed
$dismissButton.click(function(event){
$modal.append(300);
});
$("body").append($modal);
//A function to show a modal
function displayModal(message) {
$placeHolder.text(message);
$modal.show();
}
//Show an example modal
displayModal("Hello World!");
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
<title>Modal Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Modal Example Page</h1>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>
4 Answers
Craig Campbell
14,428 PointsYou seem to be missing the button itself in the DOM. Try adding : $('body').append($dismissButton) right after you declare $dismissButton. then you will have a button that adds "300" to the page when clicked.
Sean Pierce Sumler
18,968 PointsHi Juan. It looks like you need to append the new button to the modal. Like this->
//A function to show a modal
function displayModal(message) {
$placeHolder.text(message);
$modal.show().append($dismissButton);
}
I hope this helps. I just finished this course and it was a real challenge for me. Hang in there! -Sean
Vedran Brnjetić
6,004 PointsIn my opinion, you should follow the logic of how a $placeholder was appended, see my answer below.
Vedran Brnjetić
6,004 PointsDear Juan,
the task in this challenge is to check the code for a missed step in the code.
The person who wrote the code forgot to append the dismiss button to the $modal
It is done like this:
//Create a button to dismiss modal and att it to modal
var $dismissButton = $("<button>Dismiss</button>");
$modal.append($dismissButton);
Juan Ordaz
12,012 PointsThank you Vedran for you help!
sizwengubane
15,244 PointsHello bro..this is the correct answer for the challenge <blockquotes>
//Create the Modal
var $modal = $("<div id='modal'></div>");
//Create a placeholder for text in the modal
var $placeHolder = $("<p id='placeHolder'></p>");
$modal.append($placeHolder);
//Create a button to dismiss modal and att it to modal
var $dismissButton = $("<button>Dismiss</button>");
$modal.append($dismissButton); //the answer is in this line
//Hide modal when button is pressed
$dismissButton.click(function(){
$modal.hide(300);
});
$("body").append($modal);
//A function to show a modal
function displayModal(message) {
$placeHolder.text(message);
$modal.show();
}
//Show an example modal
displayModal("Hello World!");
</blockquotes> We just appened the dismiss button to the modal. Please select my answer as the best if i manage to help u. thanks
Juan Ordaz
12,012 PointsThank You my friend!
Juan Ordaz
12,012 PointsJuan Ordaz
12,012 PointsAhh, ok. It's kind of hard to read jQuery code, I been working with Rails back end. So It hard at first understanding other syntax. Thank You so Much!