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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Adding New Elements to the DOM

Tove Ahlström
Tove Ahlström
7,321 Points
Posted by Tove Ahlström
Tove Ahlström
7,321 Points

I honestly can't get it to work, it's been a while since I saw a video about it but I can't find another solution.

I am not sure if I've chosen the correct class, and if append() is the right selector

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Student List</h2>

    <ul class="student-list">
        <li>James McAvoy</li>
        <li>Alena Holligan</li>
        <li>Wade Christensen</li>
        <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $newStudent = $('.student-list').append(' <li>  Sam Smith  </li> ');

1 Answer

jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points
jacobproffer
jacobproffer
24,604 Points

Hey Tove,

You're on the right track. Due to the Treehouse test case, you'll want to assign the new list item to your $newStudent variable. Lastly, append the $newStudent variable to the unordered list with the class of .student-list.

const $newStudent = $('<li>Sam Smith</li>');
$('.student-list').append($newStudent);