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Start your free trialLucas Bryce
Courses Plus Student 4,694 PointsCan someone help me?
Don't know how to select the div and change the background color
var warning = document.getElementById("warning");
var button = document.getElementById('makeItRed');
button.addEventListener('click', function() {
button.background-color = button.background-color
})
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Adding an Event Listener</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="warning">
Warning: My background should be red!
</div>
<button id="makeItRed">Make It Red!</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
charlie g
12,417 PointsHi Lucas, you didn't apply the color red to the background, and remember background-color is a css property the equivalent of the DOM notation is backgroundColor.