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POJavaScript windows.onload or referencing new elements?
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copied!<p>I'm trying to create a lightbox and I'm having trouble. </p> <p>I think the problem is either because I have 2 window.onloads or because I'm trying to reference a newly created DOM element. I added some comments in the code below that explain what I'm trying to do. </p> <pre><code>//open lightbox window.onload = showLargeImage; function showLargeImage() { var enlargeButton = document.getElementById("thumb1"); // thumb1 is a thumbnail you click to get the lightbox enlargeButton.onclick = handleClick; } function handleClick() { var lightboxContainerId = document.getElementById("lightboxContainer"); lightboxContainerId.innerHTML = '<div class="lightbox"><a class="reduceButton" href="#" ><img id="imageButton" class="largeImage" src="2012/images/web/web1.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Web Thumb 1"></a></div>'; } // the inner HTML creates the lightbox. //close lightbox window.onload = reduceImage; // i'm pretty sure that this windo.onload is the problem... or, that I'm referencing "imageButton" which is new to the DOM function reduceImage() { var reduceButton = document.getElementById("imageButton"); // you're supposed to click the big image in the lightbox to get close it. reduceButton.onclick = handleReduceClick; } function handleReduceClick() { var shadeId = document.getElementById("lightboxContainer"); shadeId.innerHTML = "say what"; // closing the lightbox simply strips everything out of the lightboxContainer alert("oh yeah"); } </code></pre>

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