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10,350 Pointshelp with this challenge please
help with this previousElementSibiling
var list = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
list.addEventListener('click', function(e){
if (e.target.tagName == 'BUTTON') {
var p=list.previousElementSibling;
p.className='highlight';
}
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<section>
<h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
<p>Things to Learn</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Element Selection</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Events</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Event Listening</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>DOM Traversal</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
</ul>
</section>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Emmanuel C
10,636 PointsThe e.target is the button element, so you can call the previousElementSibling on that in order to get that "p" element
list.addEventListener('click', function(e){
if (e.target.tagName == 'BUTTON') {
var button = e.target;
var pElem = button.previousElementSibling;
pElem.className = "highlight";
}
});
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsSteven Parker
231,269 PointsThis looks like a duplicate of your previous question. Didn't you resolve it using that last hint?