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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Creating and Appending Detached DOM elements

Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
16,753 Points
Posted by Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
16,753 Points

Why cant I use $('#modal').append?

In this code challenge, we were supposed to append a dismiss button unto a <div> with the id="modal". This div gets saved as a jQuery Object into a variable called $modal.

obviously, ----- $modal.append($button); ----- works to append the button object unto the modal,

but when I tried selecting the <div> using its #id name like $('#modal').append($button);

So do I have to predefine jQuery objects as variables to use further methods on them?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

The reason "$('#modal').append($dismissButton);" would not work is that you are attempting to do it before the modal div has been placed on the document.

:point_right: If you put it after line 16 (when $modal is appended to the document body), it does work.

Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
16,753 Points
Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
Farid Wilhelm Zimmermann
16,753 Points

thanks a lot mate, that cleared up the confusion!