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J Fred Kirkpatrick
2,823 PointsPerform 3 Challenge 1 unable to get correct solution
My HTML Code: <!DOCTYPE html> <!-- saved from url=(0088)https://preview.treehouse-challenges.com/ad87a07c-460f-40af-87aa-dc24f1bd35fa/index.html --> <html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8"> <title>Links Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>Links</h1> <ul id="externalLinks"> <li><a href="http://google.com/" class="external">Google</a></li> <li><a href="http://yahoo.com/" class="external">Yahoo</a></li> </ul> <script src="jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <script src="app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
Added code on line 9 - id="externalLinks"
app.js code:
var $trgt = $(target = "_blank"); $("#externalLinks a").click(function(event)) { event.preventDefault(); $(".external").append.attr($trgt); }
Syntax error!!
Thanks for the help. John
8 Answers
Qasim Hafeez
12,731 Points$('li a').attr('target', '_blank');
J Fred Kirkpatrick
2,823 PointsI got it thanks to a Google search!!
Fernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 PointsIf it possible, could you tell me what was your solution
grahammowat2
6,038 PointsSo as far as I can tell from the code you have provided there is one error. You have placed your curly braces for the anonymous function in the wrong place. Your Code should look like this:
$("#externalLinks a").click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$(".external").append.attr($trgt);
});
That's what I think anyway try it out. Notice that the curly braces for your anonymous function are placed right after the (event) parameter and the closing ) for your .click(function comes after the closing }. Let me know if that fixes your issue if not I'm going to need more information.
grahammowat2
6,038 PointsBtw the spaces between the code inside the click function are unnecessary just added them in for readability .
Bo Christensen
5,924 PointsI hope your found your solution. The problem is that $(".external").append.attr($trgt); will look like this when $(".external").append.attr(target = "_blank"); where it should look like this ('target', '_blank')
Fernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 Points$("ul li").children(".external").attr('target', '_blank');
jough
12,984 Points$("a.external").attr('target', '_blank');
J Fred Kirkpatrick
2,823 Pointsthx, still could not get it to work.Error message "You didn't set the 'target' attributes on the 'external' links"
asaf einihovich
1,692 Pointsdid someone solved it? i cant figure it out i hate this teacher so much..
Fernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 Points$("ul li").children(".external").attr('target', '_blank');
Fernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 PointsFernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 Pointsthanks
Fernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 PointsFernando Zegarra
Courses Plus Student 2,596 Points$("ul li").children(".external").attr('target', '_blank');