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Mel Parker
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,932 Points
I can't get the javascript for the "up" and "down" buttons to work. I followed the code in the video.

Posted August 12, 2021 11:39am by Mel Parker

Mel Parker
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 7,932 Points
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Nas Jones
7,849 Points
Button not working

Posted April 1, 2021 9:42pm by Nas Jones

Nas Jones
7,849 Points
1 Answer
Hanwen Zhang
20,084 Points
Question : if (prevLi) {ul.insertBefore(li, prevLi);} and if (nextLi) {ul.insertBefore(nextLi, li)} .

Posted March 29, 2021 8:09pm by Hanwen Zhang

Hanwen Zhang
20,084 Points
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babyoscar
12,930 Points
Down button doesn't do anything, but no error in the console

Posted October 21, 2020 6:34pm by babyoscar

babyoscar
12,930 Points
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Carlos Mera
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 13,460 Points
Is my solution to the problem ok?

Posted September 29, 2020 5:16pm by Carlos Mera

Carlos Mera
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 13,460 Points
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Samantha Atkinson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 40,309 Points
Which li item is actually moving? Is it the one next to the button you click?

Posted September 8, 2020 9:23am by Samantha Atkinson

Samantha Atkinson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 40,309 Points
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Junior Aidee
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 14,657 Points
My "down" button is not working

Posted August 11, 2020 1:04am by Junior Aidee

Junior Aidee
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 14,657 Points
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Trevor Maltbie
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 17,021 Points
The way this works is not intuitive on the front-end. Is my code correct?

Posted May 15, 2020 10:43pm by Trevor Maltbie

Trevor Maltbie
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 17,021 Points
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Lucas Herlitz
2,998 Points
I came up with a different solution than the instructor demonstrated. It appears to work. Is this method acceptable?

Posted May 7, 2020 2:23pm by Lucas Herlitz

Lucas Herlitz
2,998 Points
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O V
2,483 Points
Is there a way to tell which/when methods take an element as a string or as variable?

Posted February 17, 2020 10:05pm by O V

O V
2,483 Points
1 Answer
Monika Frankowska
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 20,279 Points
Working with nextSibling as a solution for inserting after the element

Posted October 22, 2019 6:13pm by Monika Frankowska

Monika Frankowska
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 20,279 Points
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Doron Geyer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,897 Points
2 different approaches not sure why one doesnt work. else if vs if.

Posted October 11, 2019 10:16am by Doron Geyer

Doron Geyer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 13,897 Points
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James Nguyen
Courses Plus Student 6,841 Points
this video is something wrong because of nextLi= li.nextElementSibling then ul.insertBefore(nextLi,li) is the same. so

Posted August 14, 2019 8:04pm by James Nguyen

James Nguyen
Courses Plus Student 6,841 Points
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Siddharth Pandey
7,280 Points
Why doesn't this work, someone please explain?

Posted July 10, 2019 1:49am by Siddharth Pandey

Siddharth Pandey
7,280 Points
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Jesse Vorvick
6,047 Points
Alternative Solution

Posted June 26, 2019 5:35pm by Jesse Vorvick

Jesse Vorvick
6,047 Points
1 Answer
jim felli
13,401 Points
.nextElementSibling answer didn't work

Posted May 5, 2019 11:41am by jim felli

jim felli
13,401 Points
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Steven mudie
5,523 Points
I wrote it two ways, both work

Posted March 17, 2019 1:42am by Steven mudie

Steven mudie
5,523 Points
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Richard Verbraak
7,739 Points
Do you have to add the if statement for the nextLi? (code inside)

Posted March 15, 2019 7:34pm by Richard Verbraak

Richard Verbraak
7,739 Points
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Adam Fields
4,487 Points
I know I wrote the code right however for some reason it doesnt work also doubled checked the html classes

Posted December 27, 2018 9:47pm by Adam Fields

Adam Fields
4,487 Points
1 Answer
Mick Webb
2,247 Points
Code has stopped working. I am following the video and all my buttons have stopped working. Help please.

Posted October 8, 2018 3:12pm by Mick Webb

Mick Webb
2,247 Points
1 Answer
Marcell Ciszek
7,255 Points
Why is my down button not working?

Posted September 19, 2018 11:52pm by Marcell Ciszek

Marcell Ciszek
7,255 Points
1 Answer
arshia mohammadi
7,657 Points
down button doesn't work can someone help

Posted August 29, 2018 5:02pm by arshia mohammadi

arshia mohammadi
7,657 Points
2 Answers
Brandon Marrero
5,532 Points
my solution using insertAfter()

Posted May 22, 2018 8:40pm by Brandon Marrero

Brandon Marrero
5,532 Points
1 Answer
Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points
Using nextSibling()

Posted May 15, 2018 4:20pm by Aakash Srivastav

Aakash Srivastav
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,638 Points
1 Answer
angelod
6,694 Points
down button is not working and need help understanding

Posted April 24, 2018 11:43pm by angelod

angelod
6,694 Points
1 Answer
Yosif Qassim
6,367 Points
down button is not working

Posted April 12, 2018 5:13pm by Yosif Qassim

Yosif Qassim
6,367 Points
1 Answer
Kat Stacy
41,658 Points
The down button is not working.

Posted February 22, 2018 1:00pm by Kat Stacy

Kat Stacy
41,658 Points
1 Answer
Devendra Dariya
4,957 Points
Down button works but 'up' button replicates 'down' button's behavior.

Posted January 19, 2018 8:37pm by Devendra Dariya

Devendra Dariya
4,957 Points
1 Answer
Tomas Rinblad
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,427 Points
Same code as video, not responding on click

Posted November 28, 2017 6:31pm by Tomas Rinblad

Tomas Rinblad
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,427 Points
4 Answers
Mike John
3,182 Points
What and why do we use "ol.insertBefore(li, prevLi);" & "ol.insertBefore(nextLi, li);" for UP and DOWN button.??

Posted November 1, 2017 10:24am by Mike John

Mike John
3,182 Points
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