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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Removing an Element from the DOM

Posted by Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
Abdullahi Abdinasir Ali
9,520 Points

How do I select unordered list to store in the myList

How do I store it to unordered

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <ul>
            <li id="first">First Item</li>
            <li id="second">Second Item</li>
            <li id="third">Third Item</li>
        </ul>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>
app.js 
let myList= document.createElement("ul");
let firstListItem;

2 Answers

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

Use document.querySelector and you select unordered list. When you use document.createElement you dont select anything, you creat a new element.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The task is not to create a new list, but to select the one already there. So you probably want to use a selecting function such as "querySelector" or "getElements ByTagName".