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HTML Build an Interactive Website Introduction to jQuery Using jQuery to Select Elements

Posted by Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points

Is Code Challenge Incorrect?

Seems like a very easy code challenge but???

On the next line, use jQuery to select all list items (li) in an unordered list (ul) with the class of 'nav'?

$("#container"); $(".nav ul li");

but when I check my answer i get the following result

Bummer! Enter the string of the CSS selector for all li elements in a ul element with the class of 'nav'

6 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
18,288 Points

This caught me out to. You basically need to select the ul with the class of .nav and then the listed items within that class.

$('ul.nav li')

Just a case of getting it in the right order.

Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points
Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points

Claire

Thanks for the information, thats about the only order I didn't try! Also another quick question how do you copy the screen from the challenge to the forum post like you did in your message?

Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points
Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points

Thanks for the information, thats about the only order I didn't try! Also another quick question how do you copy the screen from the challenge to the forum post like you did in your message?

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
18,288 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
18,288 Points

Glad I could help. If you mean how to put code into a forum post you basically want to put 3 backticks on the line before the start of your code and on the line after the code. (''') Check out the "markdown cheetsheet" that's linked under the box you comment in on the forum. Hope that helps and makes sense :)

Alan Bothe
Alan Bothe
14,352 Points
Alan Bothe
Alan Bothe
14,352 Points

Same here Steve. I tried everything EXCEPT this. I'm pretty sure that's not the normal CSS syntax and the video didn't cover it.

Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points
Steve Muthig
Steve Muthig
4,225 Points

Alan

I agree it doesn't look like normal CSS to me either