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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perform: Part 5

Posted by Gerax Sotelo
Gerax Sotelo
5,879 Points

Line color does not start off red.

Everything seems to be working fine; however, when I first test the page, the initial drawing color is black. The red circle has the white ring around it as if it is selected, but I have to click on it first to actually draw in red. Shouldn't it start off with red like in the video? https://w.trhou.se/p94rh24vff

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

On line 3 of your app.js you have the following:

var color = $("selected").css("background-color");

You're missing the dot/period to make it a class selector, so it's looking for a HTML tag/element selected instead.

Update to the following, save the file, refresh the preview with Ctrl+Shift+R or Ctrl+F5, and it should work:

var color = $(".selected").css("background-color");
Gerax Sotelo
Gerax Sotelo
5,879 Points

Thanks! That did it!