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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Getting the First and Last Child

Vic Mercier
Vic Mercier
3,276 Points

first child and last child challenge

I don't understand

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

That's not enough information to understand the issue, please describe the issue in more detail.

Plus it looks like you already asked a question about this, and also this question too.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Carlos (and Vic),

Remember that every time an item is moved, you need to check if it is now the edge item and remove the appropriate button if so.

And be aware that if you remove the "up" button from the top item (and I assume the "down" button from the bottom), you'll need to recreate them if those items are moved using the remaining button. You'll also need to recreate them if another item is moved to replace them at the top or bottom of the list.

As an alternative enhancement, I would recommend just setting the button's "disabled" property, which will change the visual appearance in a way most users will recognize as meaning "not active". Then you can just clear that property when the item is moved or another one is moved to take its place.

Carlos Braga
Carlos Braga
13,587 Points

Hi. I have tried to figure it out this challenge and I was able to remove the button Up from the 1st child element and button down from the child element but when the items position the code doesn't follow it. I guess because the button has been already been placed to the item. Anyway, I checked the console and after swapping the order the UL[ ] array also changes. So any suggestion to how implement this change so even swapping the order the button will placed or removed automatically. My code below:

function attachListItemButtons(li) { let up = document.createElement('button'); up.className = 'up'; up.textContent = 'Up'; if (li !== listUl.firstElementChild) { li.appendChild(up); }

let down = document.createElement('button'); down.className = 'down'; down.textContent = 'Down'; if (li !== listUl.lastElementChild) { li.appendChild(down);
}

let remove = document.createElement('button'); remove.className = 'remove'; remove.textContent = 'Remove'; li.appendChild(remove); }