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Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
9,505 Points
Posted by Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson
9,505 Points

jQuery Form Validation First Lesson

Hi All,

Running into issues in the first video of the jQuery form validation lessons.

I've pulled the project files from the video page, removed all the existing code as I wanted to write it myself.

Currently, even when writing the code exact to the video, my <span> tags aren't showing.

Here's my code: 

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $("#form span").hide();
        $("input").focus(function(){
            $(this).next.fadeIn("slow");
        });
</script>

Am I possibly using the wrong code set? Or a finalized version of the source code that has since changed from that first video?

Thanks in advance.

pbj

2 Answers

John Wheal
John Wheal
27,969 Points
John Wheal
John Wheal
27,969 Points

Have you defiantly copied the jquery.js file?

sami2
sami2
18,678 Points
sami2
sami2
18,678 Points

Try including the parenthesis after 'next' 

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $("#form span").hide();
        $("input").focus(function(){
            $(this).next().fadeIn("slow");
        });
</script>