querySelectorAll for any div within an element

Question

I'd expect this to pop up an alert for any div I click inside the section id playGrid, but it does nothing.

<div id="playGrid" class="w">
  <section>
    <div id="0_0"></div>
    <div id="0_1"></div>
    <div id="0_2"></div>
    <div id="0_3"></div>

    <div id="1_0"></div>
    <div id="1_1"></div>
    <div id="1_2"></div>
    <div id="1_3"></div>

    <div id="2_0"></div>
    <div id="2_1"></div>
    <div id="2_2"></div>
    <div id="2_3"></div>

    <div id="3_0"></div>
    <div id="3_1"></div>
    <div id="3_2"></div>
    <div id="3_3"></div>
  </section>
</div>

JavaScript

document.getElementById("playGrid").querySelectorAll('section div').forEach(function(el){
  el.addEventListener('click', function() {
    alert(this.id);
  });
});

Answer 1

I think the problem is that your code runs before the document is fully loaded. To run your code after page is loaded add event listener for 'DOMContentLoaded' event:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(){
  document.getElementById("playGrid").querySelectorAll('section div').forEach(function(el) {
    el.addEventListener('click', function() {
      alert(this.id);
    });
  });
});

https://codepen.io/mikhailsidorov/pen/BaoPKoX

Answer 2

two options add content like so

  <section>
    <div id="0_0">content</div>
    <div id="0_1">content</div>
    <div id="0_2">content</div>
    <div id="0_3">content</div>

    <div id="1_0">content</div>
    <div id="1_1"></div>
    <div id="1_2"></div>
    <div id="1_3"></div>

    <div id="2_0"></div>
    <div id="2_1"></div>
    <div id="2_2"></div>
    <div id="2_3"></div>

    <div id="3_0"></div>
    <div id="3_1"></div>
    <div id="3_2"></div>
    <div id="3_3"></div>
  </section>
</div>

or use css by adding a class .content to all your divs :

.content{
height: 10px;
width:10px;
}

Answer 3

Something like this should work. Also, make sure your script is being executed after the page loads, not before. Use the defer tag on your <script> element or move the <script> element to the end of your body.

[ ...document.querySelectorAll('#playGrid section div') ].forEach((div) => {
   div.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
      alert(event.currentTarget.id);
   });
});