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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript: Challenge Rendering the Game Connecting with the DOM Solution

Posted by David Aguirre
David Aguirre
8,170 Points

Can I use Jquery to select the id and create the event listener?

Will this work?

$("#begin-game").click(function(){})

3 Answers

Elliott Rodriguez
Elliott Rodriguez
10,468 Points
Elliott Rodriguez
Elliott Rodriguez
10,468 Points

I used plain JS like this to select the element.

const startButton = document.querySelector('#begin-game');

startButton.addEventListener().on(click, function () {
    game.startGame();

    this.style.display = 'none';
    document.getElementById('play-area').style.opacity = '1';
});
Ian Ostrom
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Ian Ostrom
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,332 Points
Ian Ostrom
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Ian Ostrom
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,332 Points

David Aguirre here's a working jQuery solution.

$('#begin-game').click(function(){
    game.startGame();
    $(this).hide();
    $('#play-area').css('opacity', '1');
});

Note that using an arrow function would not work in this case. With an arrow function $(this) would be bound to the scope outside the arrow function. I learned this the hard way.