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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Listening for Events with addEventListener()

Posted by Hussein Almutawa
Hussein Almutawa
12,313 Points

Why not use <ul> as a list?

Guil said that we want to get as close as possible to our target elements. So why have we not used the <ul> parent element as opposed to the <div> element we used? Just curious

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Which code are you referring to? The listeners added in the video in the "Watch Video" link are all attached directly to the list items ("li").