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Marshall Wells
8,368 PointsHow to append an attribute? :)
I think I've called the right list items (the ones with the attribute of external) - but now I want to add an attribute. Do I use append for that? How would I go about this?
$('#list li.external').append('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 id='list' >
<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
Steven Parker
228,001 Points
No, you want .attr() for that.
Append() is for inserting content (often another element) into an element.
Also, "li" stands for "list item". Links are "a" ("anchor") elements. So the selector for links with the class "external" would be: "a.external".
Marshall Wells
8,368 PointsMarshall Wells
8,368 PointsThank you Steven. Sorry if I'm a bother! Appreciate your help
Steven Parker
228,001 PointsSteven Parker
228,001 PointsI realized your initial selector also needs some tweaking and updated my answer.