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JavaScript

Posted by Jim McQuarrie
Jim McQuarrie
10,597 Points

trying to get a button to work

Am am using some jquery and trying to center a button with no avail because there is no button class in the css. any ideas? the code is below: Here is a quick video which I believe will explain the best way possible. Just a couple minutes long. http://www.screencast.com/t/z5npUv9BO

 //1, Hide courses
$(".courses section").hide();
//2, Add a button
$(".courses").append("<button>Click Here to Reveal My
 Courses</button>");
//3, When button pressed
$("button").click(function(){
  //3.1, Show courses next to the button clicked
  $("section").slideDown().show();
  //3.2, Get rid of button
$(this).remove();
});

Here is the css

  text-decoration:none; 
   display:inline-block;
  text-shadow: -1px -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  font-weight:bold; color: #FFFFFF;
  background-color: #3093c7;

Jim

1 Answer

Steven Bister
Steven Bister
12,011 Points
Steven Bister
Steven Bister
12,011 Points

Hey man, have you tried setting your left and right margins for your button to auto? So like this margin: 50px auto 0;

You may also need to change the display to block rather than inline-block

Hope that helps!