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

Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points
Posted by Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points

Why the screen does not turn black?

jQuery

var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div'>);
$("body").append($overlay);
$("#imageGallery a").click(function(event){
  event.preventDefault();
  var href = $(this).attr("href");
  $overlay.show();

CSS
#overlay {
background:black;
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
}

4 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,148 Points

In addition to Sean Do's suggestion, you also did not close your click function at the end of the JS file. }) You're missing that.

Make those two correction, and you can verify your code works.

http://codepen.io/kevink/pen/MYMjRj

Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points
Sean Do
Sean Do
11,933 Points 
var $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div'>);

The single quote is inside the div end tag.

Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points
Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points

Thank you so much. After I posted I found it too. Wanted to let people know here but you were quicker. This was it, it works!

Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points
Jana Ryndin
Jana Ryndin
7,161 Points

I closed the click function but forgot to include it here in the post. Thanks.