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Bala Selvam
Python Development Techdegree Student 30,590 PointsAdd a click event listener on the button. Pass an empty function in as the second parameter.
Need a little help. No clue what I am missing
const warning = document.getElementById("warning");
let button = document.querySelector('#makeItRed');
button.addEventListener("click", function()){};
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Adding an Event Listener</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="warning">
Warning: My background should be red!
</div>
<button id="makeItRed">Make It Red!</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
6 Answers
Sheryl Darroch
Treehouse Project ReviewerHi Bala,
Your curly braces need to be inside the parenthesis. Like this:
button.addEventListener('click', function(){});
Hope this helps!
Konrad Traczyk
22,287 PointsYour passing the function in bad way, you have to put whole function, not just name function() as a second parameter.
Like this
button.addEventListener("click", function(){});
nathanielcusano
9,808 Pointsbutton.addEventListener("click", () => {
});
Mike Hatch
14,940 PointsNathaniel, that's what I ended up doing. I wonder if it makes any difference semantically speaking when working with other coders.
Manoj Gurung
5,318 Pointsvar warning = document.getElementById("warning"); var button=document.getElementById("makeItRed");
button.addEventListner("click",function(){} );
whats wrong with this one????????
Bala Selvam
Python Development Techdegree Student 30,590 PointsOh I see. That helps a lot. Thank you.
Starky Paulino
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,398 Pointsvar warning = document.getElementById("warning"); var button = document.getElementById("makeItRed");
button.addEventListener('click', function() {
});