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

Posted by Joshua Connor
Joshua Connor
7,214 Points

The solution seems to work but I see a Bummer message. I do see all li elements have a color assigned when using inspect

So why am I not able to move on? Is this a bug in the question or my code?

js/app.js 
var listItems = document.getElementById("rainbow");
var colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];

for(var i = 0; i < listItems.children.length; i ++) {
  listItems.children[i].style.color = colors[i];    
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Rainbow!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul id="rainbow">
      <li>This should be red</li>
      <li>This should be orange</li>
      <li>This should be yellow</li>
      <li>This should be green</li>
      <li>This should be blue</li>
      <li>This should be indigo</li>
      <li>This should be violet</li>
    </ul>
    <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points

Hey Joshua Connor,

Your method is correct, but in this challenge you should add children property after selecting #rainbow id.

var listItems = document.getElementById("rainbow").children;

Hope this helps!