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

Deanna Campbell
Deanna Campbell
2,653 Points
Posted by Deanna Campbell
Deanna Campbell
2,653 Points

$("a .external").attr("target" , "_blank"); supposed to add attr target & value _blank, but challenge says this is wrong

The error message says "I was expecting 'target' to be '_blank', not ' '." So the value is an empty string instead. How do I fix this?

js/app.js 
$("a .external").attr( "target" , "_blank" );
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>
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

I would just like to add, "a .external" will target children of any a elements that have the class external given to them, where "a.external" will target any a elements that have the class external given too them (incase the space was intentional).

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Deanna, the space between a and .external is your problem here.