Question

WHAT I HAVE:
3 buttons
when one is clicked it gets hidden and its corresponding box is shown
in each box is a link to close the box
when clicked the box hides

WHAT I NEED:
when the close link is clicked and the box closes, i need the button to be shown again

SUMMARY:
button click toggles button hide / box show, close click toggles box hide / button show

current code

Answer 1

you just needed to add $('.showSingle').removeClass('selected'); to the $('.hide').click() function and add a return false at the end of it so that the link’s href doesnt get called (putting the # in the url) I also rewrote the first click event so that its consistent with the second.

$(function(){
    $('.showSingle').click(function() {
        $(this).addClass('selected').siblings().removeClass('selected');
        $('.targetDiv').hide();
        $('#div' + $(this).data('target')).show();
    });

    $('.hide').click(function() {
        $('.targetDiv').hide();
        $('.showSingle').removeClass('selected');
        return false;
    });
});