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Start your free trialAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsSomeone help please!
It says: "There was an error with your code: TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'navigation.children.querySelector("a")')" and I cannot find the bug! Please help
//Select the naviagation
var navigation = document.getElementById("navigation");
//Select all listItems from the navigation
var listItems = navigation.children.querySelector("a");
//When a navigation link is pressed
var linkListener = function() {
console.log("Listener is clicked!");
}
var bindEventsToLinks = function(listItem) {
//Select the anchor
var anchor = listItem;
//Bind the linkListener to the anchor element (a)
anchor.onclick = linkListener;
}
for(var i = 0; i < listItems.length ; i++) {
bindEventsToLinks(listItems[i]);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<ul id="navigation">
<li>
<a href="#home">Home</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#about">About</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#contact">Contact</a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>A few of my favourite things:</p>
<ul>
<li>
Rain drops on roses
</li>
<li>
Whiskers on kittens
</li>
<li>
Brown paper packages wrapped up with string
</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherYou clearly did well on the first step! But you missed the line in the instructions where it says to put the query selector on line 14. So line 5 should be:
var listItems = navigation.children;
And line 14 should be:
var anchor = listItem.querySelector("a");
Happy coding!
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsThank you so much!