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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Getting All Children of a Node with children

Posted by Zara Sales
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Zara Sales
UX Design Techdegree Student 787 Points

What does this mean?

con lis = listUl.children;

WHY and WHAT is listUl? Why not document.getElementBy...

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

listUl is just a variable name that references the "ul" HTML element. It was assigned on line 6 by calling querySelector, which works similarly to the "getElementBy..." functions.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Thanks! But was it helpful for Zara Sales ?