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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Fixing the Simple Lightbox

Posted by Jaime Garay
Jaime Garay
2,998 Points

Next and Previous buttons

hey, can someone help me? the thing is I have this Js code and it works perfect with the overlay, but I'm trying to do a "next" and "previous" buttons inside the overlay to get the next and previous image without closing the overlay...so this is my code and I already added the buttons 

//variables
var overlay = $("<div id='overlay'></div>");
var imagen = $("<img>");
var siguiente = $("<button class='next'>next</button>");
var anterior = $("<button class='prev'>Previous</button>");

//overlay to body
$("body").append(overlay);

//overlay
overlay.append(imagen);

//buttons
overlay.append(siguiente);
overlay.append(anterior);

// click
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
        var imageLocation = $(this).attr("href");
            overlay.show(500);

    imagen.attr("src", imageLocation);
    overlay.click(function(){
        overlay.hide(500);
    });
});