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

charlie alton
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charlie alton
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,879 Points
Posted by charlie alton
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charlie alton
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 8,879 Points

Im having a hard time figuring this out.

let navigationLinks = document.getElementById(<ul>); let galleryLinks = document.getElementById(<ul>); let footerImages = document.getElementById(<ul>); I cant figure this out.

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.getElementById(<ul>);
let galleryLinks = document.getElementById(<ul>);
let footerImages = document.getElementById(<ul>);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Bramyn Payne
Bramyn Payne
19,589 Points
Bramyn Payne
Bramyn Payne
19,589 Points

Hey Charlie!

The challenge has multiple steps, so you only need to do one task at a time. In the first one, you need to select all the links in a <nav> tag. When it says links, it is referring to an <a> tag. And since we need to select all of them, I would use document.querySelectorAll() which will return everything that matches the criteria.

My solution to task 1 would be:

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

Pay attention to the space between nav and a!

You will be doing something very similar for the subsequent tasks. I hope this helps, but if you still have trouble try rewatching the videos because this is very important.

Good luck!!