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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Adding New Elements to the DOM

Alvis Chen
Alvis Chen
4,548 Points
Posted by Alvis Chen
Alvis Chen
4,548 Points

Prepend method doesn't work

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Star Wars Spoilers</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8"> </head> <body> <img src="img/deathstar.png" /> <p class="spoiler"> <span>Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's Father! Noooooooooooo!</span> </p> <script src="js/jQuery-3.2.1.min.js"></script> <script src="js/app.js"></script> </body> </html>

const $button = $('<button>Reveal Spoiler</button>'); $('.spoiler').prepend($button);

$('.spoiler span').hide(); $('.spoiler button').click(function(){ $('.spoiler span').show(); $('.spoiler button').hide();

2 Answers

deebird
deebird
7,558 Points
deebird
deebird
7,558 Points

Try to format your code in the future but it looks like you are not closing your event handler

const $button = $('<button>Reveal Spoiler</button>'); 
$('.spoiler').prepend($button);

$('.spoiler span').hide(); 

$('.spoiler button').click(function(){ 
    $('.spoiler span').show(); 
    $('.spoiler button').hide();
});
Vasanth Baskaran
Vasanth Baskaran
4,333 Points
Vasanth Baskaran
Vasanth Baskaran
4,333 Points

Hi Chen,

Try prepending to paragraph ( p ) element.

$('p').prepend($button);

Thanks