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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Drawing Application Perform: Part 2

Posted by Mayank Srivastava
Mayank Srivastava
1,989 Points

Why do we write this piece of code?

I don't understand why we are writing this piece of code. Can anyone please explain it to me?

var color = $(".selected").css("background-color");

1 Answer

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

There should be an element with the class of .selected in your html. The point of this code is to grab the background color of that element and store it in the JS variable color.