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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Child Traversal

Robert Edwardes
Robert Edwardes
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Posted by Robert Edwardes
Robert Edwardes
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can't change color of p element in footer

The challenge is saying that i am not changing all p elements but the only one left is the one in the footer i every thing i have tried has given me an error

app.js 
const section = document.querySelector('section');
const footer = document.querySelector('footer');
let paragraphs = section.children;
let copy = footer.children;
function color(p){
   p.style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
}
for(let i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i += 1){
  color(paragraphs[i]);
}
color(copy);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Child Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <section>
            <p>This is the first paragraph</p>
            <p>This is a slightly longer, second paragraph</p>
            <p>Shorter, last paragraph</p>
        </section>
        <footer>
            <p>&copy; 2016</p> 
        </footer>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You're doing terrific! I sort of wish step 2 was reworded a bit because they mean the paragraphs that you selected, not all paragraphs. For this, you will not need to change the color of the paragraph in the footer. You will only have to change the color of the paragraphs in the <section>.

Your main problem here is not your logic, it's what you're changing. It's asking you to change the text color to "blue" but you're changing the background color to "blue". When you erase everything that has to do with the footer and change the style to change to blue on the color instead of the backgroundColor, this passes!

Hope this helps! :sparkles: