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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Creating and Appending Detached DOM elements

Supratim Nandi
Supratim Nandi
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Posted by Supratim Nandi
Supratim Nandi
3,287 Points

need help with the program

This jquery program is not happening!!!

2 Answers

Krzysztof Kucharzyk
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Krzysztof Kucharzyk
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Krzysztof Kucharzyk
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Krzysztof Kucharzyk
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,005 Points

Find a line in your code with :

var $dismissButton = $("<button>Dismiss</button>");

and now you have to append the button and save it in $dismissButton to the $modal

$modal.append($dismissButton);
Dustin McCaffree
Dustin McCaffree
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Dustin McCaffree
Dustin McCaffree
14,310 Points

Lines 5 and 6 of the code read as follows:

var $placeHolder = $("<p id='placeHolder'></p>");
$modal.append($placeHolder);

You need to append the button, just as the $placeHolder was appended.

var $dismissButton = $("<button>Dismiss</button>");
$modal.append($dismissButton);

Without appending the button to the modal, it will never be created and thus cannot be acted upon, using the onclick function.