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Aaron Coursolle
18,014 PointsI'm confused with the theory of this use of hide?
I get most of the concepts of the video, and even know what hide does in general. But in the past we have performed show() and hide() on the same element.
This time we have the ability to click on different images, and each time it refreshes to show the updated image. This is what we want, obviously, but looking at the code, it wouldn't be something I would expect.
Basically, I'm wondering why it shows a new image, each time a new image is clicked, instead of showing the same image over and over again.
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsIt comes down to the 'this' selector. Each image has it own individual link (url), so when you click on one of the images, you are telling the program that 'this' is the one that you want the code to be executed on. So it really doesn't matter which one you click, the code will always show 'this' picture.
The 'hide' is just hiding the selected picture when you click the screen, telling the program you are done looking at that one and more-or-less 'resetting' the program.
Does that make sense? Jason
Sam Bass
9,038 PointsThank you! This really helps me understand.
Saskia Lund
5,673 PointsSaskia Lund
5,673 PointsIt would help to see the code you are referring to.