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

rdaniels
rdaniels
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Posted by rdaniels
rdaniels
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JQuery Basics: Code Challenge Adding new attribute values with attr()

any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I'm not even sure what he's asking us to do!

2 Answers

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
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Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
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$('.external').attr('target', '_blank');

Is what you need to do. This says give all classes named "external" the attribute of target: '_blank'.

rdaniels
rdaniels
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rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points

Thank you! I had that almost exactly, but I didn't have the parenthesis or quotes around .external.... Thanks so much for your help and Quick response!!! Thumbs up!

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
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Always happy to help out. This stuff can be tricky. If you wouldn't mind selecting my answer as the "Best Answer" it will show others this question has been answered and give me a few points. :)

Thanks!