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CSS jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perform: Part 1

carine todmia
carine todmia
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Posted by carine todmia
carine todmia
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i thought $(".selected") was considered improper syntax for jquery

i know in plain javascript i can add the .selected to identify a class but i was almost sure when writing jquery you dont include this. Can someone help me with this understanding or am i confusing this with some other rule?

2 Answers

Pavle Lucic
Pavle Lucic
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Pavle Lucic
Pavle Lucic
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carine todmia hi,

Maybe you get confused by this code 

$(".selected").removeClass("selected");

The first part $(".selected") - it is Jquery selector (almost same as you would select elements in CSS). It selects html element with class selected and create jquery object from him.

Another part is .removeClass("selected") - it is Jquery method (there is not dot at the end). So every object can have methods. This method removeClass, removes class selected from $(".selected") html element.

carine todmia
carine todmia
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carine todmia
carine todmia
6,071 Points

so what is the actual object in this case

Pavle Lucic
Pavle Lucic
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Pavle Lucic
Pavle Lucic
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$(".selected") - It is a object.

David B Dinkins
David B Dinkins
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David B Dinkins
David B Dinkins
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The $("") syntax is the most common way of selecting the elements in the DOM with jQuery. You can use it to select an element using HTML tag names the way you do in CSS:

$("div a:link").show();

You can also use it select an element by its class or id: 

$(".selected").hide() 
// or 
$("#form-submit").hide().