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Bernard Smith
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,367 Pointssuggestions ?
how am i suppsoed to add the class to the p
var list = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
let highLight = document.className='highlight';
let p = document.querySelectorAll('p')
list.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.target.tagName == 'BUTTON') {
highLight=p.previousElementSibling
}
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<section>
<h1>Making a Webpage Interactive</h1>
<p>Things to Learn</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Element Selection</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Events</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>Event Listening</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
<li><p>DOM Traversal</p><button>Highlight</button></li>
</ul>
</section>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsThere are several ways, but the simplest is perhaps to just assign the string value directly to the "className" attribute of the element.
And for this challenge, you only need to add code inside the "if" block. Don't add or change any of the code outside!