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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 2

Rhett Herring
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Rhett Herring
Courses Plus Student 11,023 Points
Posted by Rhett Herring
Rhett Herring
Courses Plus Student 11,023 Points

$overlay.show() does not work for me.. I had to use $("#overlay").show();

This would not work for me:

var $overlay = '<div id="overlay"></div>';
$("body").append($overlay);

$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var href = $(this).attr("href");
console.log(href);
$overlay.show();
});

I had to change $overlay.show() to $("#overlay").show(); in order to get this to work.

My CSS:

    #overlay {
        background: rgba(0,0,0, 0.7);
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        left: 0;
        display: none;
    }

1 Answer

Rhett Herring
PLUS
Rhett Herring
Courses Plus Student 11,023 Points
Rhett Herring
Rhett Herring
Courses Plus Student 11,023 Points

Argh... figured it out.

did not actually make overlay a jQuery object;

$('<div id="overlay"></div>');

Paul Allen
Paul Allen
8,484 Points

Thanks, that fixed it for me. Been wrestling with it for 30 mins. or more.