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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Posted by micheleg
micheleg
3,808 Points

Stuck on this JQuery quiz - Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Hi I'm stuck on this and not sure why it's not working. I don't remember covering this in the videos. Any help much appreciated. Thanks-

js/app.js 
$(".external a").attr("target", _blank);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" title="no title" charset="utf-8">
  <title>Links Page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Links</h1>
  <ul>
    <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="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
  <script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

Hey Michele,

You forgot to put _blank value inside quotes

$('.external').attr('target', '_blank');
micheleg
micheleg
3,808 Points

Thank you! I thought I'd tried that but it worked this time, must have been missing something. :)