addClass and removeClass in jQuery - not removing class

Question

I\'m trying to do something very simple. Basically I have a clickable div \'hot spot\', when you click that it fills the screen and displays some content. I achieved this by

Answer 1

I actually just resolved an issue I was having by swapping around the order that I was altering the properties in. For example I was changing the attribute first but I actually had to remove the class and add the new class before modifying the attributes. I'm not sure why it worked but it did. So something to try would be to change from $("XXXX").attr('something').removeClass( "class" ).addClass( "newClass" ) to $("XXXX").removeClass( "class" ).addClass( "newClass" ).attr('something').