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7,080 PointsHow can I add a target value with a specific value using jQuery?
I am using .attr but it doesn't seems to work.
$(".external a").attr("target", "_blank");
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
<title>Links Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Links</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://google.com" class="external">Google</a></li>
<li><a href="http://yahoo.com" class="external">Yahoo</a></li>
</ul>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Rhys Kearns
4,976 Points$(".external").attr("target", "_blank");
You were targeting .external and then a when you didnt need to.