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Kayla Reed
17,543 PointsAdding an event listener code code challenge
I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong in this code challenge. It is asking me to add a click event listener on the button and pass an empty function in as the second parameter. Can someone help me understand what I'm doing wrong here?
const warning = document.getElementById("warning");
let button = document.getElementById("makeItRed");
button.addEventListener('click', (){});
<!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>
1 Answer
andren
28,558 PointsA pair of pair of parenthesis and a pair of brackets is not enough to declare a function. If you were trying to declare a fat arrow function then you are missing the fat arrow. An empty fat arrow function looks like this:
() => {}
If you were trying to create an empty traditional function then you are missing the function keyword. An empty function looks like this:
function() {}
Kayla Reed
17,543 PointsYes, I was trying to add an empty function. It seems so obvious now, thank you!
Josh Rubner
Courses Plus Student 6,766 PointsJosh Rubner
Courses Plus Student 6,766 Pointshi kayla
try
button.addEventListener('click', function(){});