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

Doruk Özdemir
Doruk Özdemir
10,736 Points
Posted by Doruk Özdemir
Doruk Özdemir
10,736 Points

I dont quite get it what should i do

i dont understand the question i quess

js/app.js 
$(".external a").attr("target", _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>
Michael Ross
Michael Ross
11,204 Points
Michael Ross
Michael Ross
11,204 Points

Your jQuery selector is looking for an anchor element within another element that has a class of 'external'. If you are looking to add an attribute to the anchor element you should be able to just target this by doing:

$(".external").attr("target", _blank);

2 Answers

Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Doruk, in terms of why you're getting the "can't find the _blank attr" error message, that's because you need to pass in _blank as a string. Right now it's looking for the value of a _blank variable since there are no quotes.

$('.external').attr("target", "_blank");
Doruk Özdemir
Doruk Özdemir
10,736 Points
Doruk Özdemir
Doruk Özdemir
10,736 Points

Still not correct cant find the _blank attr