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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Adding an Event Listener

Nazeim Brame
Nazeim Brame
6,544 Points
Posted by Nazeim Brame
Nazeim Brame
6,544 Points

Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm under the impression that this is the right code to use. Please help

I requested an answer to the same problem and the solution provided did not work.

app.js 
var warning = document.getElementById("warning");
var button = document.getElementById("makeItRed");

button.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
warning.backgroundColor ='red';
});
index.html 
<!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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Youre pretty close! But an element doesn't have a "backgroundColor" attribute.

Thats a sub-attribute of the "style" attribute:

    warning.style.backgroundColor ='red';