Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

Posted by Rodrigo Zuniga
Rodrigo Zuniga
3,118 Points

Is this step broken? I am pretty sure this is the correct code. Please help! $('.external a').attr('target', '_blank');

The error code I am getting is:

The system expects the 'target' to be set to '_blank' and not ' '.

As if it could not read that there is a text string ( '_blank' ) inside of the quotation marks.

2 Answers

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
9,385 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
9,385 Points

You need a . in front of external to denote it's a class. Also, the "a" isn't necessary.

$('.external').attr('target', '_blank');
Rodrigo Zuniga
Rodrigo Zuniga
3,118 Points

Yeah, that was a typo on my part when writting the question, but that was not the issue.

I tried both $('.external') and $('.external a')

The error I am getting is more specific.

sizwengubane
sizwengubane
15,244 Points
sizwengubane
sizwengubane
15,244 Points

...