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Sonja Tomcic
6,590 Pointshelp me resolve challenge
i don't know how to get this done
var target= '_blank';
$(".external").attr('_blank', target);
<!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
john larson
16,594 PointsI remember getting stuck on this one. It's not just .external it's a.external cause you want the LINKS with the class external
$("a.external").attr('target' ,'_blank');
john larson
16,594 Pointsjohn larson
16,594 Pointsalso, you don't need the var target = _blank. "target" and "_blank" are already particular things. They do what they are going to do.
< a href="http://www.w3schools.com" target="_blank">Visit W3Schools< /a>. In this link, adding target="_blank" inside the opening a tag, makes the link open in a NEW window instead of staying in the same window.