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JavaScript Build an Interactive Website Introduction to jQuery Including jQuery in our Project

Posted by Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade
7,085 Points

Challenge 5

"Within the anonymous function write the code to remove the element that’s clicked from the document."

  $('#message').hide().show('slow');
  $('.removable').click( function() { this.remove() } );

This doesn't validate and I get "Bummer! null". What am I missing?

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

When selecting an element in JQuery you use $(element) syntax, that includes when selecting this.

Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade
7,085 Points
Pierre Poujade
Pierre Poujade
7,085 Points

Indeed, that did the trick.