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JavaScript

Posted by Kristian Woods
Kristian Woods
23,414 Points

Why isn't this custom jquery plugin not working?

I have this jquery plugin I'm using to center an element on the page. It works. However, when I wrap the all the code in a function called "run" - it stops working. Why?

(function ( $ ) {


$.fn.centerify = function() {

function run() {

    var element = this;
    var elementHeight = $(element).height();
    var elementWidth = $(element).width();
    var windowHeight = $(window).height();
    var windowWidth = $(window).width();

    $(element).css({
      "position": "absolute",
      "top": windowHeight / 2 - elementHeight / 2,
      "left": windowWidth / 2 - elementWidth / 2,
    });

}

run();

};


}( jQuery ));

$('.myDiv').centerify();

https://codepen.io/Woodenchops/pen/jQLgKB?editors=1011