How do I select input Items only

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Have been trying to solve this one but can't get the right solution!

app.js

let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
  if (e.target.tagName= 'INPUT') {
  e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
  }
});

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <section>
            <h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
            <p>JavaScript is an exciting language that you can use to power web servers, create desktop programs, and even control robots. But JavaScript got its start in the browser way back in 1995.</p>
            <hr>
            <p>Things to Learn</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Item One: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Two: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Three: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Four: <input type="text"></li>
            </ul>
            <button>Save</button>
        </section>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

Answer 1 · 2021-07-17T20:06:33Z

July 17, 2021 8:06pm

You just have a small error in that you need to use the conditional "==" as opposed to a singe equal sign which is an assignment operator.

if(e.target.tagName == "INPUT") {

}

let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
    if(e.target.tagName == "INPUT") {  // Test if current element is an input element
        e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
    }
});

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