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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Ajay Yadav
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Ajay Yadav
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Ajay Yadav
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how will it solve

how it will solve....help me

js/app.js 
var target= $('#external').attr("_blank");
index.html 
<!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>
    <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

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points 
/*Using jQuery only, */
$
/*add to all links */
$(a)
/*with the class "external", */
$("a.external")
/*the target attribute*/ 
$("a.external").attr('target'
/*with the value of "_blank".*/
$("a.external").attr('target' ,'_blank');
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

Aj, hi. you only need the last line. I was showing you how the challenge question relates to the answer.

/* this passed for me */
$("a.external").attr('target' ,'_blank');