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JavaScript

Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points
Posted by Alex Flores
Alex Flores
7,864 Points

Please help me... I have no idea why this isn't working

I've been working on this ALLL day and I can't figure this out. I think the issue is, because $curr isn't actually registering the current div that it's on.

If someone could at least point me in the right direction.. please. thank you

btw, I'm trying to make a simple next/previous slide...

You can find my non-working code at jsfiddle (https://jsfiddle.net/#&togetherjs=KGqCv78f64)

or here it is

HTML

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<div id="port_ex_1" class="port">
                                    <div id="port_text_1">
                                        <p> Portfolio 1 </p>
                                    </div>
                                    <div id="port_img_1" > 
                                        <div class="arrows" >
                                            <a href="#"><img href="#" id="left-arrow" src="#"> prev </a>
                                            <a href="#"><img href="#" id="right-arrow" src="#"> next </a>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>
                                <div id="port_ex_2" class="hide port">
                                    <div id="port_text_1">
                                        <p> PORTFOLIO 2 </p>
                                    </div>
                                    <div id="port_img_2">
                                        <div class="arrows" >
                                            <a href="#"><img href="#" id="left-arrow" src="#"> prev </a>
                                            <a href="#"><img href="#" id="right-arrow" src="#"> next </a>
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
                                </div>

css

<style>

.hide {
    display: none;
}
</style>

JS

<script>
    var $curr = $(".port:not('hide')");


    $('#left-arrow').on('click', function() {
  alert("hello");
        var i = $curr.index();
            i--;

    $curr.addClass('hide');
        $('.port').eq(i).removeClass('hide');
        }); 

    $('#right-arrow').on('click', function() {
        var i = $curr.index();

             i = i >= $('.port').length-1 ? 0 : i+1;
            alert($('.port').length);

        $curr.addClass('hide');
        $('.port').eq(i).removeClass('hide');

    }); 
</script>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points

As I already pointed out, Every element id on a page must be unique. You still have duplicated id's ("left-arrow" and "right-arrow"), which prevent some of your handlers from getting attached.

Also, your selector ".port:not('hide')" doesn't filter anything, since hide is not an element tag name. You probably want ".port:not(.hide)".