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zoe li
4,854 PointsBummer: There was an error with your code: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: myList
Bummer: There was an error with your code: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: myList
const removeItemButton=document.querySelector('button#removeItemButton')
if(removeItemButton){
removeItemButton.addEventListener('click', ()=>{
const myList = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
const firstListItem=document.querySelector("li:first-child");
myList.removeChild(firstListItem)
})
}else{
alert("button is no on")
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div>
<ul>
<li >First Item</li>
<li >Second Item</li>
<li >Third Item</li>
</ul>
<button id="removeItemButton">remove item</button>
</div>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Bert Witzel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,918 PointsHi Zoe, you don't need to use an addEventListener in this challenge. Here is my solution that passed:
var myList = document.querySelector('ul');
var firstListItem = document.getElementById('first');
myList.removeChild(firstListItem);