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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Parent Traversal

Khaleel Jones
Khaleel Jones
13,783 Points
Posted by Khaleel Jones
Khaleel Jones
13,783 Points

Remove the removeMe element from the parent element.

I am very confused here. It's asking me to remove the "removeMe" element from the parent element and it's not working. This is very frustrating. Can someone help me out with this problem? Please be specific.

const removeMe = document.querySelector('.remove_me'); let parent = removeMe.parentNode;

app.js 
const removeMe = document.querySelector('.remove_me');
let(removeMe.)
let parent = removeMe.parentNode;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Parent Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <ul>
            <li>Hello</li>
            <li>Hi</li>
            <li class="remove_me">Good bye!</li>
            <li>Howdy</li>
        </ul>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Thayer Y
Thayer Y
29,789 Points
Thayer Y
Thayer Y
29,789 Points 
const removeMe = document.querySelector('.remove_me');
let parent = removeMe.parentNode;
parent.removeChild(removeMe);
James Almeida
James Almeida
8,881 Points

This worked for me. Thanks.

Ashley Neumann
Ashley Neumann
3,714 Points
Ashley Neumann
Ashley Neumann
3,714 Points

I tried " ul.removeChild(removeMe); Can someone tell me why that wouldn't work?