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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Event Delegation

How to ensure that the text input elements are the only children?

In the listener that has been added to the section element, ensure that the text input elements are the only children that trigger the background-changing behavior.

I couldn't solve this I did as I learned in the video though Can anyone help me please!

index.html
<!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>JavaScript is an exciting language that you can use to power web servers, create desktop programs, and even control robots. But JavaScript got its start in the browser way back in 1995.</p>
            <hr>
            <p>Things to Learn</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Item One: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Two: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Three: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Four: <input type="text"></li>
            </ul>
            <button>Save</button>
        </section>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>
app.js
let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
  if (e.target.tagName = 'input') {
    e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
  }
});

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You are really close!

You've nearly got it. You had the right idea about testing the target's tag name, but you have two minor issues:

  • you have an assignment (single "=") where you probably want an equality test (double "==")
  • tags in the tagName property are always represented in UPPER CASE.

let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => { if (e.target.tagName == 'INPUT') { e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)'; } });

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

:warning: FYI cossy: According to a moderator, explicit answers without any explanation are strongly discouraged by Treehouse.

Plus, you're posting to a question that was answered several months ago.

Thanks a lot