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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM Getting a Handle on the DOM Return Elements Using CSS Selectors

Posted by Matthew Cahill
Matthew Cahill
7,549 Points

can i please have some help on this question

No sure what to do on this task.

app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');
let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('ul');
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Treehouse Student | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Treehouse Student</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#" class="selected">Work</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="#">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="The number 1 painted with colors and textures.">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="#">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="The number 2 painted with various colors blended together.">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="https://twitter.com/treehouse"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeamTreehouse"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; Treehouse Student.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Matthew Cahill
Matthew Cahill
7,549 Points
Matthew Cahill
Matthew Cahill
7,549 Points

hello thank you, i still don't understand, i have used the hashtag symbol for gallery but now i am unsure of what to do next.

Matthew Cahill
Matthew Cahill
7,549 Points
Matthew Cahill
Matthew Cahill
7,549 Points

thank you!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points

Matthew Cahill — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points

In task 1, you saw how selecting elements that are inside another element is done using a descendant selector where the container and target are separated by a space.

So selecting "all <a> elements inside the unordered list with the ID gallery" is a similar task that you will also use a descendant selector for. The main difference from task 1 is that here the container will be specified using an ID instead of a tag name. And remember that when an ID is used as a specifier, it is preceded by a hash symbol ("#").

Then the target elements are the same as the first task, so the complete specifier would be :point_right: "#gallery a".

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,178 Points

Would the person who downvoted my answer please leave a comment to explain why it seemed incorrect or misleading? Thanks!