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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Adding and Removing Names RSVP Checkbox

checkbox is not appearing

const form = document.getElementById('registrar');
const input = form.querySelector('input') 
const ul = document.getElementById('invitedList');

form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
 e.preventDefault(); 
 const text = input.value; 
 input.value = '';
 const li = document.createElement('li'); 
 li.textContent = text; 
 const label = document.createElement('label'); 
 label.textContent = 'Confirmed'; 
 const checkbox = document.createElement('input'); 
 checkbox.type = 'checkbox'; label.appendChild(checkbox); 
 li.appendChild(label); ul.appendChild(li); });

ul.addEventListener('change', (e) => { 
 const checkbox = event.target;
 const checked = checkbox.checked;
 const listItem = checked.parentNode.parentNode;

  if (checked) {
    listItem.className = 'responded';
  } else {
       listItem.className = ''; } });

Edited for readability by Dane E. Parchment Jr. (Moderator)

1 Answer

Thomas Wood
Thomas Wood
5,313 Points

Hi - In your ul event listener, you have defined listItem using checked.parentNode.parentNode. The const checked is a boolean value - true or false. You need to use "checkbox" here to traverse up to the list element.