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

Posted by Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
6,659 Points

selecting elements

Challenge Task 2 of 3 Next, select all links inside the unordered list with the ID gallery and assign them to the variable galleryLinks.

Bummer: Make sure that you're selecting 2 links. It looks like you've selected 0 links. js/app.js index.html galleryLinks let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll("nav li a"); let galleryLinks = document.getElementsByTagName("gallery [galleryLinks]"); let footerImages; Help! Am lost

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll("nav li a");
let galleryLinks = document.getElementsByTagName("gallery [galleryLinks]");
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>

4 Answers

Joachim Waldmann
Joachim Waldmann
8,976 Points
Joachim Waldmann
Joachim Waldmann
8,976 Points

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

Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
6,659 Points
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
6,659 Points

@ Joachim unfortunately its wrong, its saying this, Bummer: Are you selecting all links inside the '<ul>' with the ID 'gallery' and assigning them to the variable 'galleryLinks'?

Joachim Waldmann
Joachim Waldmann
8,976 Points
Joachim Waldmann
Joachim Waldmann
8,976 Points

I'm using querySelectorAll instead of getElementsByTagName.

Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
6,659 Points
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
Lauren Sithole Gadyadza
6,659 Points

i copied it and that was the reply I got