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

Eden Gomez
Eden Gomez
22,787 Points
Posted by Eden Gomez
Eden Gomez
22,787 Points

hey everybody, please I need help with this challenge, Im lost, I dont know how start doing this!

please somebody give me an idea

js/app.js 
$h1.attr(.external, "_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

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Try this:

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

Over here I'm selecting all elements with the class external using $(".external") and using the attr method to change the "target" attribute to "_blank".

I hope you understand. :)

Good luck! ~alex

Eden Gomez
Eden Gomez
22,787 Points
Eden Gomez
Eden Gomez
22,787 Points

thank you so much Alex!!!

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You're welcome :)