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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Posted by micheleg
micheleg
3,808 Points

I don't know what I'm doing wrong on this quiz question.

This is the question: In this challenge, you're going to select various elements from index.html. First, select all links inside the <nav> element and assign them to the variable navigationLinks. (HINT: Use a descendant selector to match elements that are descendants of an element.)

Thanks :)

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('nav li');
let galleryLinks;
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jorge Flores
Jorge Flores
2,207 Points
Jorge Flores
Jorge Flores
2,207 Points

Looks good, but the challenge is for 'links', not list items. So replace the 'li' with 'a' and you got it.

Jorge Flores
Jorge Flores
2,207 Points

Oops I was looking at the previous post that had the same issue. Use querySelectorAll, instead of 'getElementsByTagName'.

Eric M
Eric M
11,546 Points
Eric M
Eric M
11,546 Points

Hi Micheleg,

You're using CSS selector syntax nav li but calling the getElementByTagName() method. You need to use the querySelector() method to get a single element by its CSS selector syntax and querySelectorAll() to get multiple elements, as in this case.

Also remember that li is list item and a is link. They're in the same place here but if the HTML structure of the navigation area changes this could cause issues, so it's best to be specific.

document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

Cheers,

Eric