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Alcuin Guest
4,496 PointsWhat is wrong with this short line of code? (J-Query)
$(".external a").attr( "target", "_blank");
From J-Query Basics course, Lightbox section, code challenge.
$(".external a").attr( "target", "_blank");
<!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>
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe selector ".external a
" targets anchors that are descendants of elements that have class external.
You probably want "
a.external
" to target anchors which have that class themselves.
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Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 PointsSelect the element first and then see if it has the ".external" class. You could do it like this:
$("a.external").attr( "target", "_blank");
I hope that helps.
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Alcuin Guest
4,496 PointsCheers guys.