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

Carel Du Plessis
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Carel Du Plessis
Courses Plus Student 16,356 Points

I don't understand why my code is not working.

Challenge question

On line 3 of app.js, select all images in the footer element and assign them to footerImages.

let footerImgs = document.querySelector('footer'); let footerImages = footerImgs.querySelectorAll('a');

why can't I use document.querySelector('footer') to select the footer tag and then use footerImgs.querySelectorAll('a') to select all the links inside the footer.

Challenge question

On line 3 of app.js, select all images in the footer element and assign them to footerImages.

let footerImgs = document.querySelector('footer'); let footerImages = footerImgs.querySelectorAll('a');

second try

in the console when i run document.querySelector('footer > a');

the console prints: NodeList(2) [a, a]

let footerImgs = document.querySelectorAll('footer > a'); let footerImages; for (let i = 0; i < footerImgs.length; i += 1){ footerImages[i] = document.querySelectorAll('footer > a')[i]; }

Aakash Srivastav
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Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points

Can you please use markdown so that we can understand you code better .
Just surround your code with ' ``` ' ( triple backticks) Thanks

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The instructions say "select all images in the footer element and assign them to footerImages."

But your code is selecting all the links (a) in the footer element instead of the images (img).

Fix that, and your first try will work.

Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
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Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
Courses Plus Student 16,751 Points

This line will select all images in the footer element (whether they are direct descendants or not) and assign them to the variable footerImages

this is a Jenifer Nordel Solution share with me on Slack