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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

Posted by Shane Ashford
Shane Ashford
14,705 Points

Why is this add-attribute code not working?

I'm stuck and any help would be appreciated.

Here is my quiz question: Using jQuery only, add to all links with the class "external", the target attribute with the value of "_blank".

Here is my code: $( ".external a" ).attr( "target", "_blank" );

Here is the jQuery API on adding attributes:

$( "#greatphoto" ).attr( "title", "Photo by Kelly Clark" );

Teamtreehouse tells me "Bummer! I was expecting target to be _blank not ``"

1 Answer

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

You've got the right idea, but your selector is in the wrong order. Right now you're looking for a link tags inside the .external tag. You want to look for links that are .external. Hopefully that makes sense. :)

$( "a.external" ).attr( "target", "_blank" );

Happy coding!

Shane Ashford
Shane Ashford
14,705 Points

Thanks so much rydavim! I was thrown off by the bummer response.