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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Events with jQuery

Myles Gleeson
Myles Gleeson
2,906 Points
Posted by Myles Gleeson
Myles Gleeson
2,906 Points

Why can't you access event.target directly?

$('.spoiler').on('click', 'button', function(event){
  console.log(event.target);
  // Show the spoiler text
  $('.spoiler span').show();
  // Hide "reveal spoiler" button
  $(event.target).hide();

});

Why can't you hide the reveal spoiler button using simply event.target.hide() ?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The "View Challenge" button seems to link to an unrelated part of the course. Can you provide a link to the part that relates to this question?

2 Answers

Justin Cantley
Justin Cantley
18,068 Points
Justin Cantley
Justin Cantley
18,068 Points

.hide() is a method that can only be called on a jQuery object.
Therefore, the only way to call .hide() on event.target is to first convert event.target into a jQuery object.

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Justin Cantley's answer is right.

To reiterate hide is a method that belongs to jQuery, it is not a method built into JavaScript's HTMLElement object. That is why you cannot call it directly on event.target.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The methods and properties available on HTML elements are different from those on jQuery objects.

Here's a "direct" way to conceal an HTML element:

event.target.style.display = "none";