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

Posted by Jan Rynerson
Jan Rynerson
8,502 Points

This coding challenge is confusing

I am not sure how to add all the steps it wants me to do to the code.

js/app.js 
$("a").addClass("external").attr("target").append("_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>

2 Answers

Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points
Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points

The links already have the "external" class. What you're supposed to do is target them by using their class name. As for the attr() method, it takes two arguments, the attribute and the value you want to set for that attribute. So your code should look like this:

$(".external").attr("target", "_blank");
Jan Rynerson
Jan Rynerson
8,502 Points
Jan Rynerson
Jan Rynerson
8,502 Points

Thank you!

Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points
Nate Jonah
Nate Jonah
20,981 Points

You're welcome! :)