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JavaScript Interacting with the DOM Responding to Events What is an Event?

Posted by kwame awuah
kwame awuah
49 Points

using the addEventListener('mouseover')

please what is wrong with my codes? i tried the similar thing from the turials but i doesn't work like expected and whenever i check the console too, they say no issues 

const listItems=document.getElementsByTagName('li');

for(i=0,i<listItems.length;i++;){
  listItems.addEventListener('mouseover', ()=>{
    listItems[i].textContent=listItems[i].textContent.toUpperCase();
  })
}

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

I think you may want something like this:

https://jsbin.com/veviviwazi/edit?html,js,console,output

You should use event delegation by attaching the event listener to the ul/ol element and then use event.target to get the correct child list item.