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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Posted by Caroline Old
Caroline Old
7,405 Points

Can't work this out - have tried everything and cannot get the solution to this question?!

Have tried all sorts of different ways to complete the first step in this code challenge and am not getting anywhere - any sort of walkthrough help would be amazing. Thank you! e.g. is it using document.querySelectorAll() and is there use of nth-child selector here?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're close, the "document.querySelectorAll()" function will be useful for all three tasks. But you won't need any pseudo-classes in the selectors.

All three tasks can be fulfilled using descendant selectors, where both a container and a target are named with a space in between.

Caroline Old
Caroline Old
7,405 Points

Thanks - this was super helpful!