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

Posted by Jared Arrington
Jared Arrington
2,976 Points

Using ":scope" pseudo-class

Having a tough time with the :scope psuedo-class. I am trying to get each 'li' nested within <nav></nav>, but I'm getting an error.

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks= document.querySelectorAll(':scope ul li');
let galleryLinks;
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Jared Arrington | ProductManager</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Jared Arrington</h1>
        <h2>Product Manager</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

I don't recall ":scope" being taught in this course, did they add it recently? It's not very useful since there is no way to explicitly establish a scoped element. So it winds up being the same as ":root" (but not as clear). But you won't need either one for this challenge.

In any case, all you need here is a descendant selector that targets "all links inside the <nav> element". Note the targets should be links, not list items. Links are created using anchor (a) elements.

Give it another shot with this in mind and write again if you still have trouble.

Jared Arrington
Jared Arrington
2,976 Points

Thanks Steven Parker! The links in the question sent me down an MDN rabbit hole, but that seemed to work!