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

Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points
Posted by Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points

How to pass this quiz??

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.

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('selected, about.html, contact.html');
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><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><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>

2 Answers

tobiastrinkler
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tobiastrinkler
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 16,538 Points
tobiastrinkler
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tobiastrinkler
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 16,538 Points

Hi Ali, you were correct by using querySelectorAll but you only need to select all links (anchor tags) within the nav in the html.

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');
let galleryLinks;
let footerImages;
Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points
Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points

Thanks Tobias for the help, but what is the A you used after nav and what it is used for?

tobiastrinkler
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tobiastrinkler
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tobiastrinkler
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to select all the a tags in the nav

Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points
Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points

Thank you so much <3