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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Parent Traversal

Posted by Jacquelyn Springs
Jacquelyn Springs
9,395 Points

I used remove.parentNode('removeMe') but that also did not work

what aam i doing wrong

app.js 
var removeMe = document.querySelector('.remove_me');
var parent = removeMe.parentNode;
parent.removeChild('removeMe');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Parent Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <ul>
            <li>Hello</li>
            <li>Hi</li>
            <li class="remove_me">Good bye!</li>
            <li>Howdy</li>
        </ul>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Kristjan Vingel
Kristjan Vingel
7,992 Points
Kristjan Vingel
Kristjan Vingel
7,992 Points

You set the variable removeMe to refer to the element you want to remove from the DOM. Use that variable instead of the string in removeChild. 'removeMe' as a string is not a valid node but your reference is.