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15,353 Pointsqueryselector()
i dont understand what it does. mdn has no examples and the explanation dont make sense
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Ebenezer Odoi
8,140 PointsIts used to select the first descendant instance on the element the method is passed on. Example... [i] to find the first "p" element in a document will be: document.querySelector("p"); [ii] to find the first element with the class name of funItem will be: var myFun = document.querySelector(".funItem"); [iii] to find the first "li" element with class name myTreeHouse will be: var document.querySelector("li.myTreeHouse"); Kindly note that querySelector will throw a SYNTAX_ERR exception if the specified result is invalid (so wrap this method around an if statement or something to check familiar conditions)......Thanks!
Kevin Faust
15,353 PointsKevin Faust
15,353 Pointsthanks