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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Removing an Element from the DOM

Posted by Patience Ncube
Patience Ncube
7,210 Points

Select the first list item element and store it in the variable firstListItem

please help

index.html 
<!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>
app.js 
let myList = document.querySelector('ul');
let firstListItem = document.getElementById('first')[0];
Patience Ncube
Patience Ncube
7,210 Points

thank you

1 Answer

nicholasdevereaux
nicholasdevereaux
16,353 Points
nicholasdevereaux
nicholasdevereaux
16,353 Points

You don't need to have "[0]" at the end of document.getElementById. Since ID's are unique, it will only return one object.