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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Adding an Event Listener

Posted by William Ray Noble
William Ray Noble
22,190 Points

The preview runs the code correctly, however, I still fail?

The background does turn red when the button is clicked but I still get an error message telling me it is not turning red. TIA

app.js 
var warning = document.getElementById("warning");
var button = document.getElementById("makeItRed");

button.addEventListener('click', () => {
  document.body.style.background = 'red';
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Adding an Event Listener</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="warning">
            Warning: My background should be red!
        </div>
        <button id="makeItRed">Make It Red!</button>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

seth aruby
seth aruby
10,110 Points
seth aruby
seth aruby
10,110 Points

The issue is just that the challenge only wants you to apply the style to the div background and not the entire body.