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JavaScript

Posted by mryoung
mryoung
4,156 Points

Why does AppendChild only show one child?

So I'm trying to make a simple loop through 3 children (each have 3 divs each to display). I can only get the 2 child to show.

My CSS has the area's overflow: hidden: 

.carousel {
    margin: 0 auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 1000px;
    height: 400px;
}

Here is my javascript for it: 

carousel = document.getElementsByClassName('carousel')[0];
var next = document.getElementById('arrow-right');
var slides = document.getElementsByClassName('slides');


next.addEventListener('click', function () {
    for(let i =0; i<slides.length; i++){
        carousel.appendChild(slides[i]);
    }
})

Am I tackling this project the wrong way? I see so many answers on Stack Overflow using Jquery and a lot more complicated methods with lists and such. I feel as if this is more simpler, but if it won't work then I guess I have no choice.

1 Answer

Tiago Fernandes
Tiago Fernandes
3,647 Points
Tiago Fernandes
Tiago Fernandes
3,647 Points

Hi mryoung, Could you link your workspace? So we can see your HTML source code. regards Tiago