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JavaScript

Posted by Muaaz Matwadia
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Muaaz Matwadia
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,327 Points

To do List

My if Statement does not work which is supposed to delete an item when the cross is clicked

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <!-- displays site properly based on user's device -->
  <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="./images/favicon-32x32.png">

  <title>To Do List</title>

</head>
<body>
  <header>
    <h1>ToDo</h1>

    <img src='images/icon-sun.svg' alt="sun for light mode" id="sun">

    <form>
      <input type="text" placeholder="Create a new todo..." name="listItem" id='create'></input>


  </header>

<ul id='list'></ul>
<!-- <img src="images/icon-cross.svg" alt='cross to delete list item'> -->
</form>

  <div class="buttons">
<button>All</button>
<button>Active</button>
<button>Completed</button>
</div>
 <button id="clear">Clear</button>



  <div class="attribution">
   Coded by <a href="#">Muaaz Matwadia</a>.
  </div>
  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
}

```js{
const form = document.querySelector('form');
const input = document.querySelector('input');
const ul = document.getElementById('list');
const clear =document.getElementById('clear');

input.focus()

form.addEventListener('submit' , (e) =>{
    e.preventDefault()
   let newItem = input.value;
   const li = document.createElement('li');
   li.textContent = newItem ;
   ul.appendChild(li);
   input.value = '';
   const check = document.createElement('input');
   check.type = 'checkbox';
   check.className = "checkboxes";
   ul.appendChild(check);
   const liImg = document.createElement('img') ;
   liImg.src = 'images/icon-cross.svg';
   ul.appendChild(liImg);
  console.log(e.target)

  if(e.target === liImg){
    li.remove();
    liImg.remove()
  }


});
}