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Heidi S Wolff
12,757 PointsWhat am I doing wrong?
I'm not sure what's wrong here.
<!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>
let listItems = document.getElementsByTagName('ul');
const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];
for(var i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];
}
2 Answers
matth89
17,826 PointsHi there, you're very close. The challenge is wanting you to select every li with an id of "rainbow", and right now you are using getElementsByTagName on ul, which would select every ul element as a whole in your html.
Instead, use document.querySelectorAll('#rainbow li');
Good luck!
Heidi S Wolff
12,757 PointsThank you! I wish the questions were written more clearly.
matth89
17,826 PointsThe instructions can occasionally be a little ambiguous, but the forum is always there for ya. Best of luck!