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

ashique desai
ashique desai
3,662 Points
Posted by ashique desai
ashique desai
3,662 Points

Can't solve this j Query Challenge.

Need to add all the links to the "_blank". But unable to do so. Please check the code i have tried. And kindly suggest the solution. Thanks in advance,

js/app.js 
```JavaScript
var $external = $(this).attr("href a");
$external.append("_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>
    <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>

1 Answer

Kallil Belmonte
Kallil Belmonte
35,561 Points
Kallil Belmonte
Kallil Belmonte
35,561 Points

The jQuery to add a target _blank to the links is only this line:

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