Nevermind. I realized that I just needed to assign a global variable
instead. ie taking out the "var".
On Apr 15, 10:25 am, Connor <con...@letsbeglobal.com> wrote:
> Really? So then how would I assign the variable so it would work
> anywhere when a certain element is clicked?
>
> On Apr 15, 9:16 am, Josch <jluelsd...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > You initialize the variable within your function ("var color").
> > This means the variable works only within the function.
> > You have to initialize it outside your function (Before "$
> > ("span.yellow").click()").
>
> > Josch
>
> > On 15 Apr., 15:26, Connor <con...@letsbeglobal.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > One other quick question: I'm trying to assign a value to a variable
> > > when a certain element is clicked. Here is my code (wrapped in the
> > > normal jquery ready function)
>
> > > $("span.yellow").click(function(){
> > > var color = '#f8e226';
>
> > > });
>
> > > $(".color-changer span").click(function(){
> > > $(".title b").animate( { color: color }, 1000);
> > > $(".thick").animate( { backgroundColor: color }, 1000);
> > > $("a.link").animate( { color: color }, 1000);
>
> > > });
>
> > > I am using the color plugin to allow me to animate color values. As
> > > you can see, I'm referencing the variable color in the next function.
> > > Am I missing something, because this doesn't work.
