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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Spencer Ailts
Spencer Ailts
15,302 Points
Posted by Spencer Ailts
Spencer Ailts
15,302 Points

1st question.... Yay! "You didn't set the `target` attributes on the `.external` links." I think I did, any help?

I thought this was straight forward I might need to use .attr() but at this point I'm lost.

I would like just a hint if possible :D

js/app.js 
var $target = ('target="_blank"');

$(".external").append('$target');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
  <title>Links Page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Links</h1>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://google.com" class="external">Google</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://yahoo.com" class="external">Yahoo</a></li>
  </ul>
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
  <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Spencer,

You are close. You just need to take what you are doing with 2 lines of code and put it into one. And, you are right in needing to use attr. 

$(".external").attr("target", "_blank");

Hope that helps. Keep Coding! :)

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

You will need to use the .attr() method.

Here is a hint on how to use this method

$(".external").attr("attribute_name", "attribute_value");

"attribute name" will be the attribute you are trying to target. ("target").

"attribute value" will be the value you are trying to pass. ("_blank")

I hope this helps.