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

dipeshgautam
dipeshgautam
3,597 Points
Posted by dipeshgautam
dipeshgautam
3,597 Points

Challenge adding attributes with attr() need help

Challenge Task 1 of 1 is,

Using jQuery only, add to all links with the class "external", then target attribute with the value of "_blank".

my answer is :

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

but it says my answer is wrong:

Bummer! I was expecting target to be _blank not ``

what did I do wrong can someone please explain ?

js/app.js 
$("external").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>
    <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

David Abel
David Abel
5,199 Points

As simple as this was...it took me a while to get it right too.

It's a class selector, it just needs the period in front of the class name.

$(".external").attr("target","_blank");
dipeshgautam
dipeshgautam
3,597 Points
dipeshgautam
dipeshgautam
3,597 Points

oh I feel so stupid now :) thank you so much