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JavaScript

Posted by melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

removing items from a check box list

Hi guys, im trying to remove the checked only list items when you press the - (remove button) , but it is not working. also i cant get the check items to appear when you add a new list item. it only has a checked box on the first list item. any ideas?

http://codepen.io/mbrwn/pen/QbePRd

2 Answers

jobbol
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jobbol
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 19,117 Points

In your remove function, you made a typeo.

You have 

You want  
```$("input:checked")```


Changing this and volia!  Your checkboxes are removed.  Obviously not the intended function, you'll need to do some DOM traversals to get it working correctly.  I'll leave that up to you.
melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points
melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

got it $("input:checked").parent().remove(); thanks