I haven't looked into it deeply yet, but try changing "closed" to another word, like "box_closed". closed is a reserved word in Javascript so I think that might be causing it.
On Apr 16, 10:44 am, Rick <r...@marketingease.com> wrote: > It seems that having the var closed = false; outside of the function > kills the code.. > > Here is the page:http://client.vdhinc.com/cleardebtsolution/newsite/land/ > > The code not working is on the First Name field.. I also put an > example of the popup in the Last Name field so you can see what's > happening when it works.. > > On Apr 16, 1:29 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The code looks fine. When you say that "nothing works", does that mean > > even clicking the input field does not do the popup message? > > Have you tried putting an alert in the click callback to see if it > > executes? > > > Also, instead of click, you might want to consider using 'focus'. > > Focus means the text cursor is in the field, whether the user clicked > > into it or used the tab button on the keyboard to navigate to it. It's > > a complement to blur, which is when the text cursor leaves the field. > > > On Apr 16, 8:49 am, Rick <r...@marketingease.com> wrote: > > > > I have this code: > > > > var closed = false; > > > $(document).ready(function(){ > > > $('#FirstName').click(function(){ > > > if (closed == false) { > > > $('#popUpMessage').fadeIn('fast'); > > > } > > > }); > > > $('#FirstName').blur(function(){ > > > $('#popUpMessage').fadeOut('slow'); > > > }) > > > $('#popUpMessageClose').click(function(){ > > > closed = true; > > > $('#popUpMessage').fadeOut('slow'); > > > }) > > > > }); > > > > As is, nothing works.. I have this on a field input like so... > > > > <input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" size="20" > > > maxlength="128" /> > > > > when clicked it shows the hidden div "popUpMessage".. And on blur it > > > hides it.. Inside that "popUpMessage" div I placed a small div for a > > > close button named "popUpMessageClose".. What Im trying to do is hide > > > that popUpMessage div permanently if the close div is clicked.. Any > > > ideas where Im going wrong??
