A delegated click event listener has been attached to the selected ul element, which is stored in the variable list. The

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thanks!

app.js

const list = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

list.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
  if (e.target.tagName == 'BUTTON') {
    let li =e.target;
    li.previousElementSibling.className="highlight"; //referencing paragraph

  }
});

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <section>
            <h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
            <p>Things to Learn</p>
            <ul>
                <li><p>Element Selection</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
                <li><p>Events</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
                <li><p>Event Listening</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
                <li><p>DOM Traversal</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
            </ul>
        </section>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

Answer 1 · 2017-06-19T21:57:05Z

June 19, 2017 9:57pm

Just copying and pasting your solution completes the challenge for me. What error are you getting?

Answer 2 · 2017-06-19T19:26:31Z

June 19, 2017 7:26pm

this alternative work for me: let li = e.target.parentNode; let para= li.querySelector('p'); para.className ="highlight";

but still, can't 1st solution work?

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