jquery - javascript not loading in rails view -

this view partial _micropost.html.erb.

       <button type="button" class="answer-button">respond</button>         <section class="answer-form">           <%= render 'shared/answer_form',micropost: micropost %>         </section>         <script type="text/javascript">         $(document).ready(function(){             $(.answer-button).click(function(){               $(.answer-form).slidedown();             });         });         </script>  

when click on button, form should slide down. not working .

it due tomissing double quotes in dom selector

you have typo in script tag, should be

<script type="text/javascript"> 

also, $(.answer-button) , $(.answer-form) wrong, class should passed string, should $('.answer-button') , $(.answer-form)!

fix typo try this

<script type="text/javascript">       $('body').on('click', '.answer-button', function(){     $('.answer-form').slidedown();   }); </script> 

hope helps!