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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Event Delegation

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points
Posted by Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points

Cant figure out which element(s) to trigger

Hiya there! I just cant figure out which element(s) i need to trigger in order to pass this challenge. Any hint or help would be awesome. Thank you!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <section>
            <h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
            <p>JavaScript is an exciting language that you can use to power web servers, create desktop programs, and even control robots. But JavaScript got its start in the browser way back in 1995.</p>
            <hr>
            <p>Things to Learn</p>
            <ul>
                <li>Item One: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Two: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Three: <input type="text"></li>
                <li>Item Four: <input type="text"></li>
            </ul>
            <button>Save</button>
        </section>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>
app.js 
let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
  e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
});

1 Answer

SRIMUGAN J
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SRIMUGAN J
Courses Plus Student 5,345 Points
SRIMUGAN J
SRIMUGAN J
Courses Plus Student 5,345 Points

Hi Ari,

You can simply do like this 

let section = document.getElementsByTagName('section')[0];

section.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
 var targetInput =  e.target.tagName 
 if(targetInput === 'INPUT'){
  e.target.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(255, 255, 0)';
 }
});

Hope this helps :)

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points
Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points

Hiya Srimurgan! Thanks! (: