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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Perform: Part 2

Posted by Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Points

mine is cool!!

$(".spoiler").hide().show(": button");

This is what I came up with when looking at the API it does work, it hides the button while showing the spoiler!!!

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

At first glance, it looks like it might do the opposite: hide the spoiler but show the button.

However, I'm confused by a couple of things:

  • the selector ": button" doesn't look like a valid selector.. Is the space a typo?
  • the API indicates that a string argument to show is duration, not a filter selector.

So if the argument is being disregarded, then the spoiler class is being hidden and then immediately shown. That would explain "show the spoiler". But I can't see how this would hide the button.

Dank Hadfi
Dank Hadfi
363 Points
Dank Hadfi
Dank Hadfi
363 Points

ur stupid