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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selecting Multiple Elements

Posted by R Ighodaro
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R Ighodaro
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,306 Points

I've made every item in this list the colour it's supposed to be and yet it's saying BuMMeR.

I've got every item to be the colour it's supposed to be, but apparently that's not god enough for this ordacioius question, which is saying "BUmMeR: DiD yOU SEleCt EvrY LiST iTEm?"

js/app.js 
var listItems = document.getElementById('rainbow');
//for(let i = 0; i < listItems.children.length; i++)
  // listItems[i] = listItems.children[i];
var colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];

for(var i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
  listItems.children[i].style.color = colors[i];    
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Rainbow!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul id="rainbow">
      <li>This should be red</li>
      <li>This should be orange</li>
      <li>This should be yellow</li>
      <li>This should be green</li>
      <li>This should be blue</li>
      <li>This should be indigo</li>
      <li>This should be violet</li>
    </ul>
    <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,926 Points
Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,926 Points

Hey R Ighodaro,

What you have done is correct but the in the challenge you should include children property after selecting rainbow.

var listItems = document.getElementById('rainbow').children;
var colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];

for(var i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
  listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];    
}

Hope this helps!

R Ighodaro
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R Ighodaro
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,306 Points

Why does it matter I managed to get them to appear the colours they were meant to be, the code looked exactly as it was supposed to. Thanks for your help I'm not mad at you.