Mutiple quotation marks in HTML / Javascript

Question

Sorry for the stupid question. I tried looking for an answer somewhere, but couldn't find any. I can't get this code to work:

<div onmouseover="this.style.backgroundImage = 'url('#')'";>
</div>

Help?

I'm trying to make the div change to a different background on mouseover. The # is not the actual link for the picture. — ifdyourgoats
– ifdyourgoats, Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 17:01
In case of url you need not use the string quotes for the url try <div onmouseover="this.style.backgroundImage = 'url(someurl)'";> </div> — warl0ck
– warl0ck, Commented Apr 2, 2017 at 17:08

artin · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-02 16:58:30Z

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Escape single quotes:

<div onmouseover="this.style.backgroundImage = 'url(\'#\')'">
</div>

answered Apr 2, 2017 at 16:58

artin

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2 Comments

That's what I tried at first, but it didn't work. Weird.

nvm Thank you so much!