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JavaScript

Posted by Lily Peterson
Lily Peterson
10,685 Points

Adding New Attribute Values

I don't know how to do this right. I'm supposed to use the '.attr()' method, but I don't know how to use it properly in this code. I need to set a 'target' attribute with the value of '_blank' to all links with the class 'external'. How do I do that? $("external").attr("target"); $("target").attr("_blank");

1 Answer

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points

to set something using the attr() method you have to do .attr("what you are going to set", "what you are putting into that");

.attr( attributeName, value )

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

So this gets the class external and sets the attribute Target to open the linked document in a new window or tab

Lily Peterson
Lily Peterson
10,685 Points

Thanks.