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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Introduction to jQuery Hiding and Showing Elements With jQuery

Posted by renedoukhan
renedoukhan
4,761 Points

jQuery Basic challenge task 3 of 3

MY answer : jQuery(".warning").hide().show(slow);

Why is it wrong ?

js/app.js 
jQuery(".warning").hide().show(slow);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Take Evasive Action</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <p class="warning">
      <span>It's A Trap!</span>
    </p>
    <div class="image">
        <img src="img/ackbar.gif">
    </div>
    <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>

2 Answers

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points

Hi Rene, you are simply missing quotes around "slow" in the show() function, add them and it should work :)

renedoukhan
renedoukhan
4,761 Points
renedoukhan
renedoukhan
4,761 Points

Thank you