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

Harper Frankstone
Harper Frankstone
5,156 Points
Posted by Harper Frankstone
Harper Frankstone
5,156 Points

Having trouble adding attributes. Not sure how this is supposed to go :/

I'm still struggling with the logical progression of jQuery...

js/app.js 
$("a").attr(".external").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>

1 Answer

Martin Ellis
Martin Ellis
6,724 Points
Martin Ellis
Martin Ellis
6,724 Points

Hi Harper!

You are on the right track but just have a few things wrong. The layout should be as follows;

$(name of the class you are targeting).attr("the attribute you are trying to change", "the value you want to set")

So your code should actually read:

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

Hope this helped :)!