So I looked at other questions and I found an answer that was chosen on this link:
Toggle (show/hide) element with javascript
This below was the following function that works in the answer to change the display.
function toggle(id) {
var element = document.getElementById(id);
if (element) {
var display = element.style.display;
if (display == none) {
element.style.display = block;
} else {
element.style.display = none;
}
}
}
I tried that in my code, but it's not working. I've attached a link to the JSFiddle at the end or this post.
I have a parent div with the id of #activities. It contains multiple children, but the important ones are the li,p, and div which has an id as #suggestion_input. Below is the HTML.
HTML
<div id=activities class=info_container>
<h1>Our Activities</h1>
<div class=contain>
<ul>
<li>Activity 1</li>
<li>Activity 2</li>
<li>Activity 3 </li>
<li>Activity 4 </li>
<li>Activity 5</li>
<li>Activity 6 </li>
<li>Activity 7</li>
<li>Your Suggestions</li>
</ul>
<p>
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</p>
<div id=suggestion_input>
<label for=name >Your Name</label>
<input type=text id=name name=name>
<label for=email>Email</label>
<input type=email id=email name=email>
<label for=suggestions>Suggestions</label>
<textarea id=suggestions name=suggestions rows=39></textarea>
</div>
When the user clicks the last li in the ul called Your Suggestions, then the p will have display set to none and the #suggestion_input will have display of inline-block. Currently, their css is set to inline-block and none respectively.
CSS
#activities p{
display:inline-block;
width:500px;
vertical-align:top;
margin-top:20px;
margin-left:20px;
background:#FFFDA1;
}
#suggestion_input{
display:none;
margin-left:150px;
vertical-align:top;
margin-top:20px;
text-align:center;
}
And then this is my javascript which I think reflects the answer in the link except that it isn't a function.
Javascript - This code is part of an addEventListener. Event is a click.
if(e.target.innerText === 'Your Suggestions'){
var para = document.getElementById('activities').querySelector('p');
var display = para.style.display;
/* if you uncomment this, then the following code will work
outside of the if display == 'inline-block' condition
para.style.display = 'none';
suggestion_input.style.display = 'inline-block';
*/
if(display == 'inline-block'){
// This code will not work
para.style.display = 'none';
suggestion_input.style.display = 'inline-block';
console.log('works');
}
}else{
if(display == 'none'){
display = inline-block;
}
}
}
When I click, nothing happens. Is the error because of the condition in the if statement of display == 'none' ?
Here is the JSfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/a4t7w/1/