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Michael Stolp-Smith
4,855 PointsWhat am I even supposed to do here? Do I need to create an attribute? There seems to be way to much inference.
The challenge: Using jQuery only, add to all links with the class "external", the target attribute with the value of "_blank".
doesn't make sense to me in how it is worded. I don't think I understand. I do get how to use attr on a basic level. Do I need to be creating a "target" attribute?? I really do not know what this is asking me to do.
<!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>
3 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherThe target attribute it built into HTML. It's nothing you "create" so to speak. A target of "_blank" will open a link in a new window. That's all it wants. Take a look at this line of code and see what I mean:
$(".external").attr("target","_blank");
Here we target the class "external". Then we add the code that sets the target attribute to open those links in a new window/tab.
Michael Stolp-Smith
4,855 PointsLet me see if I understand this. "target" is an inbuilt functionality in HTML used to direct the behavior of a clicked link. (I had to look this up, somehow, missed when I did a basic html/css course via code academy.)
so this code says add the html attribute "target", with the string value of "_blank" to the html in the DOM via the .attr() method? (this might seem redundant, but my understanding of this is fairly shaky at the moment.)
I am assuming this would result in : | a href="http://yahoo.com" class="external" target="_blank" | within the link html?
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherYou've got it! That's exactly what it does. Then when the user clicks on that it'll open up in a new window/tab.
Michael Stolp-Smith
4,855 PointsExcellent, thank you!