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

Michael Rushton
Michael Rushton
7,126 Points
Posted by Michael Rushton
Michael Rushton
7,126 Points

I can't select all the <a> tags like the question asks me to

I don't know what selector type to use or what to write in the brackets following. I've watched all the videos again and again and i'm pretty sure it doesn't say how to go down a path of elements to get to the end <a> tags inside the <nav> that its asking for. Im probably wrong but i can't get past this point at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.getElementsByTagName('nav ul li a');
let galleryLinks;
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>

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,805 Points

Instead of getElementsByTagName, have you tried querySelectorAll?

Michael Rushton
Michael Rushton
7,126 Points
Michael Rushton
Michael Rushton
7,126 Points

Ahh thank you! I eventually searched the answer out online and found other people had hit this very problem on this stage because the content is not covered in the proceeding tutorials so far. So we are being asked to do something that hasn't yet been explained! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Thanks so much for your time in getting back to me. And yes, you were totally right! it was the querySelectorAll that i needed to use!! Thanks again!