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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Adding and Removing Names RSVP Checkbox

Posted by Gremyko Coleman
Gremyko Coleman
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How do you know or how do you get the list of attributes for an element?

In the video, @ the 5:00 mark. How do you know when? or How to figure how to get the properties for any element? Like how did Gil know to just prompt it to console log to see what value the checkbox returned "true or false"?

I've seen this in another video on treehouse, where the instructor was able to view a list of each property for a element in the console log on the developer tools?

1 Answer

Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Hi Gremyko Coleman hopefully I understand your question correctly! So to see a list of properties, you can open up the console, find or create a variable referencing an element, type that variable name in on a new statement (after hitting enter), and type a . character which suggests it's properties/methods on the object. You can cycle through them using the arrow keys if you prefer.