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CSS jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 1

Posted by Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
4,387 Points

Logging href to the console... why?

I understand how in making the lightbox we are stopping the action of going to the link when we click the image. However, I do not understand why we are also logging the url of the link to the console. What's the purpose of this?

2 Answers

tate
tate
13,435 Points
tate
tate
13,435 Points

The purpose is just for testing purposes to make sure that it gets the correct href with that method.

Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
4,387 Points

OK, that makes sense. Thanks.

kheiferfuller
kheiferfuller
8,635 Points
kheiferfuller
kheiferfuller
8,635 Points

I had the same question. It just didn't seem to make sense for the code. Thanks for clearing that up.