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Thomas Matic
4,249 PointsHow can a class of highlight be inserted before button?
Not sure how to go about this....
const list = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
list.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.target.tagName == 'BUTTON') {
list.insertBefore (p.highlight, 'button')
}
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<section>
<h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
<p>Things to Learn</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Element Selection</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Events</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Event Listening</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>DOM Traversal</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
</ul>
</section>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,264 PointsYou won't need to insert any elements for this challenge. You will use DOM traversal to access the exisitng paragraph element before the button and add a class to it.
Dan Weru
47,649 PointsHi, See the solution here . It has been explained neatly by Sean T. Unwin Happy Coding!
Steven Parker
231,264 PointsBut do take a shot at solving it yourself before peeking at the answer!