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JavaScript

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

Why is the slideToggle JQuery function not working for me?

I'm trying to change the display mode of a div containing images - when the user clicks the button, the div displays the images. I heard that the slideToggle function works great for that. But it doesn't work when I use it. Any thoughts as to why?

<div class="showMoreContainer">
                <a href="#" id="showHideBtn">Show More</a>
            </div>

            <div id="hiddenImages">

                   <div class="carousel_image">
                     <div class="mobile_overlay">
                      <h3>Glasgow Cathedral</h3>
                      <a href="#" class="more_info_link">More info</a>
                    </div>
                        <img src="img/ggow_cath.jpg" alt="Glasgow Cathedral" title="Glasgow Cathedral">
                </div>
                <div class="carousel_image">
                   <div class="mobile_overlay">
                   <h3>Tea Room</h3>
                   <a href="#" class="more_info_link">More info</a>
                   </div>
                    <img src="img/tea_room.jpg" alt=" cup of tea" title="Tea room" class="tea_room_img">
                </div>
                <div class="carousel_image">
                   <div class="mobile_overlay">
                   <h3>Kelvin Museum</h3>
                   <a href="#" class="more_info_link">More info</a>
                   </div>
                    <img src="img/kelvin.jpg" alt="Kelvin_museum" title="Kelvin_museum" class="kelvin_img">
                </div>

            </div>

I use a class of 'hidden' to hide the images at first 

.hidden {
  display: none;
}

$('#showHideBtn').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $('#hiddenImages').slideToggle();
});
izzy goldman
izzy goldman
12,542 Points

Your styles aren't working cos You Dont have a class name '.hidden'!

2 Answers

Aymen Hachicha
Aymen Hachicha
12,653 Points
Aymen Hachicha
Aymen Hachicha
12,653 Points

Can you upload your entire project??

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

I seem to be unable to post my entire project. I don't have any other javascript within the project, though. Could it be CSS?

Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

ok, problem was the CDN I had installed - fixed it. Thank you for your help though

Danielle Rivers
Danielle Rivers
353 Points
Danielle Rivers
Danielle Rivers
353 Points

Kristen Woods, thank you for that find. I had the same issue and it was driving me nuts. I basically chose the minified version over the slim version in code.jquery.com and it fixed everything.