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11,817 PointsInside of your click handler, use jQuery to select event.target. Then call the hide() method on your selectio
Inside of your click handler, use jQuery to select event.target. Then call the hide() method on your selection. If your code is correct, in preview
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Student List</h2>
<ul class="student-list">
<li>James McAvoy</li>
<li>Alena Holligan</li>
<li>Wade Christensen</li>
<li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
</ul>
<script
src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
$('.student-list').on('click', function(event){
$('event.target').hide();
});
2 Answers
Aaron Elliott
11,738 PointsAdam is correct. You're passing in the event object to your callback function. When you surround it with the apostrophes jQuery is treating it as a string.
$(event.target).hide();
Adam Beer
11,314 PointsDelete inside the second selector the apostrophs and your code is work it! "event.target" not a HTML element please check the index file. Hope this help.