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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Getting the First and Last Child

hyeonho lee
hyeonho lee
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Posted by hyeonho lee
hyeonho lee
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How can you make the background color stay in the first and last item no matter you move the list item up or down?

Once you set the background color in the first and last list item, you can move the item down. in that case, the background color also moves down with the item. How do you make the background color stay in the first and last item?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Like many things in programming, there's more than one way to do this. But one way would be to reset the colors on all of the items any time one of them is moved.