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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points
Posted by Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points

Cant get passed this challenge.

I really don't understand how to do this.

js/app.js 
$("external a").attr('target': '_blank');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
  <title>Links Page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Links</h1>
  <ul id="target">
    <li><a href="http://google.com" class="external">Google</a></li>
    <li><a href="http://yahoo.com" class="external">Yahoo</a></li>
  </ul>
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
  <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson
8,667 Points
Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson
8,667 Points

You are very close. The only thing is your not targeting the class. Ones you are targeting the class you don't need to also target the "a". This is your solution:

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

Hope this helps.

Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points
Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points

Thank you so much. That worked perfectly.

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, If you want to select the class put dot(.) before the class external in jquery like this $('.external') and also you added class external to directly to the anchor tag so to select the anchor tag class "external" is enough. And also if you want add attribute you should use comma in between property and its value like this $('.external').attr('target','_blank');

Don't forget to add your code between script tag.

Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points
Preston Hill
Preston Hill
5,766 Points

Thank you, that makes much more sense now.