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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Posted by Chidozie Ukaigwe
Chidozie Ukaigwe
6,649 Points

How do I select the links within the nav element?

This task is causing me confusion, I have tried all the techniques they have taught up to this point, yet I still cannot access the link elements, as they have requested.

Can someone help?

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#game');
let galleryLinks;
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li id="game"><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li id="game"><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li id="game"><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points
Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,793 Points

For the navigation links try:

document.querySelectorAll("nav ul li a");
Chidozie Ukaigwe
Chidozie Ukaigwe
6,649 Points

found it in the end :)

Thanks for the reply :)

Allison Littman
Allison Littman
2,325 Points
Allison Littman
Allison Littman
2,325 Points

How would this apply to assign all of the links in the unordered list with the id of "gallery" and assigning them to galleryLinks?

I tried: let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('gallery li a');

Edit: I've since figured it out. Thank you. My id needed a # before gallery.