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Start your free trialChris Yarbrough
244 PointsjQuery issue has me completely stuck.
For some reason when I submit the code, an error pops up that says Task 1 is no longer working. Task 1 was to make sure the lightbox would not redirect by clicking, so I included an event.PreventDefault(); event.
//Problem: User when clicking on image goes to a dead end
//Solution: Create an overlay with the large image - Lightbox
var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div>');
var $image = $("<img>");
var $caption = $("<p></p>");
//An image to overlay
$overlay.append($image);
//A caption to overlay
$overlay.append($caption);
//Add overlay
$("body").append($overlay);
//Capture the click event on a link to an image
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){
var imageLocation = $(this).attr("href");
//Update overlay with the image linked in the link
$image.attr("src", imageLocation);
//Show the overlay.
$overlay.show();
//Get child's title attribute and set caption
var captionText = $(this).children("img").attr("title");
$caption.text(captionText);
$(this).event.preventDefault();
});
//When overlay is clicked
$overlay.click(function(){
//Hide the overlay
$overlay.hide();
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
<title>Image Gallery</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Image Gallery</h1>
<ul id="imageGallery">
<li><a href="images/refferal_machine.png"><img src="images/refferal_machine.png" width="100" alt="Image of Refferal Machine" title="Refferal Machine By Matthew Spiel"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/space-juice.png"><img src="images/space-juice.png" width="100" alt="Image of Space Juice" title="Space Juice by Mat Helme"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/education.png"><img src="images/education.png" width="100" alt="Image of Education" title="Education by Chris Michel"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/copy_mcrepeatsalot.png"><img src="images/copy_mcrepeatsalot.png" width="100" alt="Image of Wanted: Copy McRepeatsalot" title="Wanted: Copy McRepeatsalot by Chris Michel"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/sebastian.png"><img src="images/sebastian.png" width="100" alt="Image of Sebastian" title="Sebastian by Mat Helme"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/skill-polish.png"><img src="images/skill-polish.png" width="100" alt="Image of Skill Polish" title="Skill Polish by Chris Michel"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/chuck.png"><img src="images/chuck.png" width="100" alt="Image of Chuck" title="Chuck by Mat Helme"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/library.png"><img src="images/library.png" width="100" alt="Image of Library" title="Library by Tyson Rosage"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/boat.png"><img src="images/boat.png" width="100" alt="Image of Boat" title="Boat by Griffin Moore"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/illustrator_foundations.png"><img src="images/illustrator_foundations.png" width="100" alt="Image of Illustrator Foundations" title="Illustrator Foundations by Matthew Spiel"></a></li>
<li><a href="images/treehouse_shop.jpg"><img src="images/treehouse_shop.jpg" width="100" alt="Image of Treehouse Shop" title="Treehouse Shop by Eric Smith"></a></li>
</ul>
<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>
1 Answer
Juthawong Naisanguansee
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 80,724 PointsIn my opinion , I think
$(this).event.preventDefault();
should be
event.preventDefault();
Can you give it a try again
Chris Yarbrough
244 PointsChris Yarbrough
244 PointsOh my gosh, that was a brain fart. Thank you so much
Juthawong Naisanguansee
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 80,724 PointsJuthawong Naisanguansee
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 80,724 PointsYou are welcome!! Chris :D