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Amanda Olczak
4,124 PointsNew color doesn't show up (just a dark grey circle); .on() isn't allowing new colors to be "selected"
Here's my code:
var color = $('.selected').css('background-color');
//When clicking on control list items $('.controls li').on('click', 'li', function() { $(this).siblings().removeClass('selected'); //deselect sibling elements $(this).addClass('selected'); //select clicked elements color = $(this).css('background-color') //cache current color });
//When new color is pressed $('#revealColorSelect').click(function() { changeColor(); $('#colorSelect').toggle(); //Show color select or hide the color select }); //Update the new color span function changeColor() { var r = $('#red').val(); var g = $('#green').val(); var b = $('#blue').val();
$('#newColor').css('background-color', 'rgb(' + r + ',' + g + ',' + b + ')');
} //When color sliders change $('input[type=range]').change(changeColor);
//When add color is pressed //Append the color to the controls ul $('#addNewColor').click(function() { var $newColor = $("<li></li>"); $newColor.css('background-color'), $('#newColor').css('background-color'); $('.controls ul').append($newColor); $newColor.click(); //Select the new color
});
What am I doing wrong?
3 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsIt can be hard to see the issue without the complete project, since JavaScript, HTML, and CSS all work together. You can share everything at once if you make a snapshot of your workspace and provide the link to it.
However, in this case it looks like you have a misplaced parenthesis:
//$newColor.css('background-color'), $('#newColor').css('background-color'); <- misplaced
$newColor.css('background-color', $('#newColor').css('background-color')); // fixed
Also, the base for your delegate click handler should be the outer list, not the list item:
//$('.controls li').on('click', 'li', function() { <- delegate based on item
$('.controls ul').on('click', 'li', function() { // delegate based on list
Travis Sweeney
10,973 PointsIt looks to me like you have a misplaced closing parentheses on the following line:
$newColor.css('background-color'), $('#newColor').css('background-color');
You want to change the value of the $newColor's background-color to the #newColor's background color. So try moving the latter into the parentheses like so:
$newColor.css('background-color', $('#newColor').css('background-color'));
Travis Sweeney
10,973 PointsAs far as .on not allowing new colors to be selected, you need to change the parent selector in your statement. You have .on binded to a click event on the "li" child, but you still have the parent in your code as ".controls li". So the .on method is looking for a "li" child of a ".controls li" parent. In other words, it's looking for a "li" nested within another "li". Sorry if the way I'm explaining this is confusing, as I'm still learning myself. Just change ".controls li" to ".controls". Hope this helps!