This is the sequel to this thread: 4 toggle buttons speak javascript to each other but none of them are good listeners
Our heros have overcome the ridiculous amount of nonsense originally presented in the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/EjW7A/8/ (no longer available) when @nbrooks -reinvigorated by the forces of good- conquered all of the stupidly placed arrays, functions and the mammoth amount of redundant content with his solution:
http://jsfiddle.net/EjW7A/24/
We rejoin Luhring after 8 hours of poking, prodding, red bull drinking, concrete wall head-bashing at the final step of solving the epic problem of doom- implementation:
The new fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/Luhring/EjW7A/38/
Problem:
How can I insert the content dynamically- allowing each button to toggle it's own content while making sure the other buttons are toggled off and their content hidden? ex, if button 1 is toggled on (it is animated as if it were a 'real' pressed button), button 1s content is displayed in a gallery where the contents can be clicked to display a lightbox. when button 2 is clicked should toggle button 1 off and replace button 1's contents with its own.
New Working Demo
Anything invoking jQuery on DOM elements must be wrapped within the DOM ready function to work correctly (this is why your
$('a').click()
was failing. Also, normally if you see yourself creating multiple arrays that you never end up using, and still end up referencing each element directly, you're making a lot of wasted effort. I cleaned your code up a bit - take a look: