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Sunyul Kim
2,124 Pointshow to apply background color red to the warning div
how do you apply the background color of red to the warning div in Interacting with the DOM
var warning = document.getElementById("warning");
var button = document.getElementById('makeItRed');
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
})
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Adding an Event Listener</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="warning" backround-color = red>
Warning: My background should be red!
</div>
<button id="makeItRed">Make It Red!</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Travis Alstrand
Treehouse TeacherYou'll need to access the warning variable's style property, then it's backgroundColor. Then you can assign it the string value of "red"
warning.style.backgroundColor = "red";