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

Razvan Chirca
Razvan Chirca
9,945 Points

How do i solve the first task from the last challenge from "JavaScript and the Dom"

In the following tasks you'll be required to select various elements on the index.html page. In the app.js file on line 1, select all links in the nav element and assign them to navigationLinks.

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The easiest way to do this is probably using querySelectorAll.

You might want to review the Using CSS Queries to Select Page Elements video where this was introduced.

Remember when constructing the query string that "links" are actually "a" elements, so a descendant selector for links within a nav element would be "nav a".

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Razvan,

The below code will allow you to pass the first task in the challenge:

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

The above code allows you to select all links (a) inside the nav element, hence ('nav a')

Hope this helps... Happy Coding!!!

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');
let galleryLinks  = document.querySelectorAll('#gallery li a');
let footerImages  = document.querySelectorAll('footer  img');