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CSS jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 3

Posted by Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
Vamsi Pavan Mahesh Gunturu
4,541 Points

Why variable is declared in that way

In the previous exercise, we have a variable named overlay. It's like this $overlay = $('<div id="overlay"></div>') instead of $overlay = "<div id="overlay"> </div>". what's the reason

1 Answer

Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson
104,132 Points
Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson
104,132 Points

This is just how you access the DOM or Document Object Model in jQuery. Just think of the DOM as all the HTML elements on the page...

$overlay = $(''); // this is accessing the DOM
$overlay = ''; // this is a string value