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

Posted by Dalin Nkulu
Dalin Nkulu
15,587 Points

Next, select all links inside the unordered list with the ID gallery and assign them to the variable galleryLinks.

i really don't know what to do, i try document.querySelectorAll('ul'); but it not working

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');
let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('ul');
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Your query select all will select all/both the ul elements - the challenge is asking you to just select one, the one with the id of gallery. Correction - as per Daniel below, read the requirement carefully - you need to target the links not the list

6 Answers

Brenda Cardona
Brenda Cardona
8,384 Points
Brenda Cardona
Brenda Cardona
8,384 Points

This worked for me: let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#gallery a') ;

Steven Vallarsa
Steven Vallarsa
10,842 Points
Steven Vallarsa
Steven Vallarsa
10,842 Points

Thank you!!! I had been banging my head because I misread the question thinking I was suppose to capture the <li> tags, not the <a> tags 🙄

Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
15,369 Points
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
15,369 Points

Break this down

Next, select all links inside the unordered list with the ID gallery and assign them to the variable galleryLinks.

  1. Select: ALL "Links" which means <a> tags (NOT Unordered Lists)
  2. Where: Inside the <ul id="gallery">
Daniel Baker
Daniel Baker
15,369 Points

So, Similar to your previous

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

find the 'a' tags inside the 'ul' with the '#gallery' id.

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lindsey howard
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 6,934 Points
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lindsey howard
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Challenge 2 of 3:

let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll("ul#gallery a");
let footerImages;
var navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll("nav a");
james bhai
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james bhai
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 85 Points
james bhai
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james bhai
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 85 Points

let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#gallery a');

Brendan O'Connor
Brendan O'Connor
4,091 Points
Brendan O'Connor
Brendan O'Connor
4,091 Points

Thanks for this you all, helped me out!

Jamar Sloss
Jamar Sloss
3,463 Points
Jamar Sloss
Jamar Sloss
3,463 Points

This worked for me. let navigationLinks=document.querySelectorAll('nav a'); let galleryLinks=document.querySelectorAll(' #gallery a'); let footerImages=document.querySelectorAll('footer img');