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6,544 Pointshow do i remove the li?
Thanks for helping out.
var myList = document.querySelector('ul');
var firstListItem = document.getElementById('first');
firstListItem.removeChild(li);
<!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>
1 Answer
Blake Larson
13,014 PointsThe firstListItem is a child of the 'ul' element which you grabbed and stored as myList.
var myList = document.querySelector("ul");
var firstListItem = document.getElementById("first");
myList.removeChild(firstListItem);