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

Posted by Partson Chizema
Partson Chizema
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Using CSS Descendant Selectors within JS

What is the syntax of targeting html child elements withing JS.

For example how do i target the <li> in the extract below using querySelectorAll() when there are other nested <li> tags elsewhere in the same html document:

<nav> <ul> <li>A</li>
<li>B</li>
<li>C</li>
<li>D</li>
</ul> </nav>

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