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

Paul Heneghan
Paul Heneghan
14,380 Points
Posted by Paul Heneghan
Paul Heneghan
14,380 Points

This should be a simple step, but I don't understand why I can't remove the Child in the const 'firstListItem' this way?

Shouldn't ul.removeChild([childname]) work?

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.querySelector('ul');
let firstListItem = document.querySelector('li');

ul.removeChild(firstListItem);

1 Answer

Paul Heneghan
Paul Heneghan
14,380 Points
Paul Heneghan
Paul Heneghan
14,380 Points

Never mind!

D'oh! It's not like I overthink much . . . ;-)

myList.removeChild(firstListItem);

I was so stuck on using the ul that I completely overlooked that I already had it in the first const.

Aidan Caddle
Aidan Caddle
18,983 Points

I just got stuck here. Thank you for posting this.