Time for action – adding the behavior

Finally we can add the script that will make it all work. In the empty function at the bottom of the <body> element, add the following:

var messageList = document.getElementById("messageList"),
  messages = $("table", messageList),
  confirmDiv = $("<div></div>", {
    "class": "confirm",
    text: "Really delete?"
  }),
  remove = $("<button></button>", {
    id: "delete",
    text: "Yes"
  }).appendTo(confirmDiv),
  cancel = $("<a></a>", {
    href: "#",
    id: "cancel",
    text: "Cancel",
    title: "Cancel"
  }).appendTo(confirmDiv),

  deleteRow = function(e) {

    e.preventDefault();

    $(this).closest("tr").fadeTo(400, 0.5, function() {

      $(this).addClass("pre-delete");
      confirmDiv.clone().insertAfter(messages);
      messages.find("a").unbind();
    });
  };
 messages.find("a").click(deleteRow); ...

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