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

laylazhang
laylazhang
5,111 Points
Posted by laylazhang
laylazhang
5,111 Points

Does this exercise want me to select all the link elements or all the list elements within the nav element?

Does the exercise want me to select all the a element within the nav element or all the list elements? I feel like I skipped a video or something but I didn't! Did the teacher mention anything about selecting child elements in the video beside turning even/odd rows to grey? So confused.

js/app.js 
// this is what the video used to select even row, but here it raised a syntax error
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav:a');

1 Answer

Dean Paterson
Dean Paterson
12,996 Points
Dean Paterson
Dean Paterson
12,996 Points

It's asking for you to get all the links (a tags) inside the <nav> element nav:a isn't correct syntax... nav a:hover, nav a:odd etc is correct. To get 'a' inside 'nav' use 'nav a'

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

Hope this helps