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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Changing Classes

How do you use the classList property to add a new class of "selected" to the anchor element???

How do you solve this problem?????

app.js
var anchor = document.querySelector("a");

//Add the class to the classList "selected"

anchor.add("selected");

//Toggle the class "live"
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

  <a href="#">Home</a>

  <script src="app.js"></script>

</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Donald;

You are close, you just need to use the classList property when you add the new class. That can be done to an anchor element with:

anchor.classList.add("someNewClassName");

Post back if you are still stuck.

Happy coding,

Ken

Thanks, Ken. Problem solved.