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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Progressive Enhancement and Unobtrusive JavaScript

Christian Tisby
Christian Tisby
9,329 Points
Posted by Christian Tisby
Christian Tisby
9,329 Points

Fill in the blank to create a new, empty list item element and add it to the DOM. Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

Fill in the blank to create a new, empty list item element and add it to the DOM.

$('.my-ul').append("<li>");

What should I put to get it right? I have tried $li, and also the example above, I'm sure it's something simple

2 Answers

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

You have half of it. But a complete list item element needs both a starting and ending tag.

Zach Freitag
Zach Freitag
20,341 Points
Zach Freitag
Zach Freitag
20,341 Points

Spoiler Alert: "<li></li>"

Cheers!