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JavaScript

Posted by Aaron HARPT
Aaron HARPT
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Issue with JavaScript lightbox

I am having an issue with an overlay I am trying to create with JavaScript. I am trying to recreate the image overlay project from the jQuery Basics course, in JavaScript. Here is my code:

// Problem: When a user clicks on an image, it takes them to a dead end
// Solution: Add an overlay to display the images

 // 1. Add an overlay (append)
//var body = document.querySelector("body");
//
///* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5677799/how-to-append-data-to-div-using-javascript */
// body.innerHTML = body.innerHTML + "<div id='overlay'></div>";

// 2. Disable the default event of clicking through to the default dead end
var anchor = document.querySelectorAll("a");

for (var i = 0; i < anchor.length; i++) {
  console.log(anchor[i]);
   // 3. Get the images
  var numOfImages = anchor[i].children;
  console.log(numOfImages);
  anchor[i].onclick = function() {
    return false;
  }

}

// 4. Add the images to the overlay
var overlay = document.createElement("div");
overlay.innerHTML = numOfImages;
document.body.appendChild(overlay);


 // 5. Grab the images' (not the linked image) src attribute and use that for the overlay images' caption
 // 6. Add caption to overlay images
 // 7. Style overlay
 // 8. Make overlay disappear when overlay is clicked

Thanks, Aaron