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yuchiu
6,982 Pointswhy capitalize tagName('LI') in the if statement?
why capitalize tagName('LI') in the if statement? In 5:30, why does is the tag name capitalized instead of lower case? Thank you for you help.
2 Answers

Amir F
9,095 PointsHi!
Because tagName
returns the element name in the uppercase form. From MDN docs:
In XML (and XML-based languages such as XHTML), tagName preserves case. On HTML elements in DOM trees flagged as HTML documents, tagName returns the element name in the uppercase form.

Jonathan Aldas
2,421 Pointsif you put console.log(event.target.tagName); the output to the console is "LI"
Wes Thompson
4,928 PointsWes Thompson
4,928 PointsIt would have been helpful to have had an explanation of this in the video.