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How would I use local storage for a to do list?

I am being asked to have a to do list and save each task (that the user supplies as well as original) through local storage. My teacher did a very simple demo on something completely different and I spent a few hours trying to figure it out. When I looked at the solution, I honestly cannot figure it out. It looks really complicated, and I don't even know where to start. If anyone can give me any hints, that would be awesome!
My code:
let ul = document.querySelector('ul');
let newItem = document.querySelector('input[type=text]');
let checkbox = document.createElement('input');
checkbox.setAttribute('type', 'checkbox');
function output() {
let newTodo = document.createElement('li');
newTodo.innerText = newItem.value;
newTodo.classList.add('todo');
let ulAppend = ul.append(newTodo);
ul.append(newTodo);
let checkboxAppend = newTodo.append(checkbox);
newTodo.append(checkbox);
newItem.value = '';
}
let button = document.querySelector('.btn');
button.addEventListener('click', output);
ul.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.target.tagName === 'LI') {
e.target.remove();
} else if (e.target.tagName === 'INPUT') {
e.target.parentElement.classList.toggle('finished');
}
});
My teacher's code/local storage solution:
const todoForm = document.getElementById("newTodoForm");
const todoList = document.getElementById("todoList");
// retrieve from localStorage
const savedTodos = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("todos")) || [];
for (let i = 0; i < savedTodos.length; i++) {
let newTodo = document.createElement("li");
newTodo.innerText = savedTodos[i].task;
newTodo.isCompleted = savedTodos[i].isCompleted ? true : false;
if (newTodo.isCompleted) {
newTodo.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
}
todoList.appendChild(newTodo);
}
todoForm.addEventListener("submit", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
let newTodo = document.createElement("li");
let taskValue = document.getElementById("task").value;
newTodo.innerText = taskValue;
newTodo.isCompleted = false;
todoForm.reset();
todoList.appendChild(newTodo);
// save to localStorage
savedTodos.push({ task: newTodo.innerText, isCompleted: false });
localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos));
});
todoList.addEventListener("click", function(event) {
let clickedListItem = event.target;
if (!clickedListItem.isCompleted) {
clickedListItem.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
clickedListItem.isCompleted = true;
} else {
clickedListItem.style.textDecoration = "none";
clickedListItem.isCompleted = false;
}
// breaks for duplicates - another option is to have dynamic IDs
for (let i = 0; i < savedTodos.length; i++) {
if (savedTodos[i].task === clickedListItem.innerText) {
savedTodos[i].isCompleted = clickedListItem.isCompleted;
localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos));
}
}
});
Even though my code is more simpler (at least from what I can tell), it works exactly as his code does.

Local storage saves a JSON object to the user's computer. You should create an array of todos, append that array with every new todo, then set that item to local storage.
let ul = document.querySelector('ul');
const savedTodos = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("todos")) || []; // Retrieves local storage todo OR creates empty array if none exist
let newItem = document.querySelector('input[type=text]');
let checkbox = document.createElement('input');
checkbox.setAttribute('type', 'checkbox');
function output() {
let newTodo = document.createElement('li');
newTodo.innerText = newItem.value;
newTodo.classList.add('todo');
ul.append(newTodo);
newTodo.append(checkbox);
savedTodos.push({task: newItem.value, isCompleted: false}); // Appends the new todo to array
localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos)); //Converts object to string and stores in local storage
newItem.value = '';
}

I've annotated the solution you posted with some comments to help you step through it.
// Retrieve elements and store them in variables
const todoForm = document.getElementById("newTodoForm");
const todoList = document.getElementById("todoList");
// Get data stored in localStorage under the key "todos".
// The data type will be a string (local storage can only store strings).
// JSON is a global object that contains methods for working with data represented as strings.
// The `||` syntax is an OR operator and is used here to set an empty array as a fallback in case `localStorage` is empty
const savedTodos = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("todos")) || [];
// Create a loop the same length as the list of todos
for (let i = 0; i < savedTodos.length; i++) {
// Create an <li> element in memory (does not appear in the document yet)
let newTodo = document.createElement("li");
// Set the inner text of that new li with the contents from local storage.
// The savedTodos[i] is accessing data in the localStorage array.
// The [i] is a different number each loop.
// The `.task` is accessing 'task' property on the object in the array.
newTodo.innerText = savedTodos[i].task;
// Create a new property on the element called `isCompleted` and assign a boolean value.
// This is only accessible in code and will not show up when appending to the DOM.
newTodo.isCompleted = savedTodos[i].isCompleted ? true : false;
// Check the value we just set.
if (newTodo.isCompleted) {
// Create a style for the element if it is done (strike it out)
newTodo.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
}
// Actually append the new element to the document (this will make it visible)
todoList.appendChild(newTodo);
}
// `addEventListener` is a function that registers some actions to take when an event occurs.
// The following tells the browser - whenever a form is submitted, run this function.
todoForm.addEventListener("submit", function(event) {
// Don't try to send the form data to a server. Stops page reloading.
event.preventDefault();
// Create a <li> element in memory (not yet visible in the document)
let newTodo = document.createElement("li");
// Find element in the document (probably a input element?) and access the text value.
let taskValue = document.getElementById("task").value;
// Set the text of the <li>
newTodo.innerText = taskValue;
// Set a property on the <li> call `isCompleted`
newTodo.isCompleted = false;
// Empty out all the input fields in the form
todoForm.reset();
// Make the new <li> visible in the document by attaching it to the list
todoList.appendChild(newTodo);
// `push` adds a new element to the `savedTodos` array. In this case, an object with 2 properties.
savedTodos.push({ task: newTodo.innerText, isCompleted: false });
// Overwrite the `todos` key in local storage with the updated array.
// Use the JSON global object to turn an array into a string version of the data
// eg [1,2,3] becomes "[1,2,3]"
localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos));
});
// This tells the browser - whenever the todoList is clicked, run this function.
// The browser will call the your function with an object that has data about the event.
todoList.addEventListener("click", function(event) {
// the `target` of the event is the element that was clicked.
let clickedListItem = event.target;
// If that element has a property called `isCompleted` set to true
if (!clickedListItem.isCompleted) {
// update the styles and toggle the `isCompleted` property.
clickedListItem.style.textDecoration = "line-through";
clickedListItem.isCompleted = true;
} else {
clickedListItem.style.textDecoration = "none";
clickedListItem.isCompleted = false;
}
// The code above changes the documents version of the data (the elements themselves)
// This loop ensures that the array of todos data is kept in sync with the document
// Loop over the array
for (let i = 0; i < savedTodos.length; i++) {
// if the item in the array has the same text as the item just clicked...
if (savedTodos[i].task === clickedListItem.innerText) {
// toggle the completed state
savedTodos[i].isCompleted = clickedListItem.isCompleted;
// Update the localStorage with the new todos array.
localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos));
}
}
});
Keep in mind, there are 2 sources of state in your todo list. One is how the document looks, and the other is the array of todos data. Lots of challenges come from making sure these 2 stay in sync.
If somehow the document showed one of the list items as crossed out, but your array of data shows that all the todos are not completed, which version is correct? There is no right answer here, but state management will be something you might consider when designing apps in the future. Redux is a good js library with a well understood pattern that helps solve this problem. Hope this last comment doesn't confuse too much. Best of luck!

The important part is in (de)serializing the data. That means:
reading from localStorage (JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("todos")) || [])
We add the default [] because if the todos key does not exist, we will get null and we expect a list
saving to localStorage (localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(savedTodos)))
We need JSON.parse and its complementary operation JSON.stringify to parse and save strings because localStorage can store only strings.
In your case you need to read the data from localStorage and render the initial list. To save it to localStorage, again, you have to serialize the data. See the below snippets (link to working JSFIDDLE, because the below example does not work in the StackOverflow sandbox environment):
let ul = document.querySelector('ul');
let newItem = document.querySelector('input[type=text]');
const Store = {
serialize () {
return [].slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("li")).map(c => {
return {
text: c.textContent,
finished: c.querySelector("input").checked
}
})
},
get () {
return JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("todos")) || []
},
save () {
return localStorage.setItem("todos", JSON.stringify(Store.serialize()))
}
}
const firstItems = Store.get()
firstItems.forEach(it => {
output(it.text, it.finished)
})
function output(v, finished) {
let newTodo = document.createElement('li');
newTodo.innerText = v || newItem.value;
newTodo.classList.add('todo');
let ulAppend = ul.append(newTodo);
ul.append(newTodo);
// Create a checkbox for each item
let checkbox = document.createElement('input');
if (finished) {
checkbox.checked = true
}
checkbox.setAttribute('type', 'checkbox');
let checkboxAppend = newTodo.append(checkbox);
newTodo.append(checkbox);
newItem.value = '';
}
let button = document.querySelector('.btn');
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
output()
Store.save()
});
ul.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
if (e.target.tagName === 'LI') {
e.target.remove();
} else if (e.target.tagName === 'INPUT') {
e.target.parentElement.classList.toggle('finished');
}
// Update the value in localStorage when you delete or add a new item
Store.save()
});
<ul></ul>
<input type="text" /> <button class="btn">Submit</button>
I have added the Store variable to simplify the way you get and set the data in localStorage.
The serialize method will read the TODOs from the list. document.querySelectorAll("li") returns a NodeList, but by doing [].slice.call(...) we convert it to an Array.

Remove one item from an array when clicked by only js

I am new to JavaScript. I have a small code that creates list from input and then adds it to an array. I am able to remove one item from the DOM when the item is clicked, but I couldn't remove it from the array.
I tried to use array.splice(item, 1)
lists.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
e.target.closest("li").remove();
userInputArr.splice(item, 1);});
But it removes the entire array sometime, and sometime removes the last item. when I console log the code, it looks like I clicked 3 or 4 times on the list even though I just clicked once. I have no idea what's wrong. this is the entire code:
const lists = document.querySelector(".lists");
const userInput = document.querySelector(".add-note");
const addBtn = document.querySelector(".add-btn");
const item = document.querySelectorAll(".list");
userInputArr = [];
function addNote() {
if (userInput.value < 1) {
return;
}
lists.insertAdjacentHTML(
"afterbegin",
`<li class='list'>${userInput.value}</li>`
);
userInputArr.push(lists);
lists.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
e.target.closest("li").remove();
userInputArr.splice(item, 1);
});
userInput.value = "";
}
addBtn.addEventListener("click", function () {
addNote();
});

Code is totally meaningless
1)
userInputArr.push(lists)
why you push the same element all the time? As lists refers to the first and the only element with class 'lists'?
2)
userInputArr.splice(item, 1)
please watch carefully what splice does? The first argument is number, but you pass a collection of elements with class 'list'. But i camn not even suggest which element should be removed as it contains the same element as i mentioned in first point
3) You do not need this array at all
So right approach is something like this
const lists = document.querySelector(".lists");
// just once create listener, no need to do it each time
lists.addEventListener("click", function (e) {
// if you want to remove clicked item then
if (e.target.tagName === 'LI') e.target.remove();
// but if you want to remove the first one then uncomment line
// if (this.children[0]) this.children[0].remove()
});
const userInput = document.querySelector(".add-note");
const addBtn = document.querySelector(".add-btn");
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
// item is meaninglee here, so delete this line
// const item = document.querySelectorAll(".list");
//////////////////////
// array is useless too, delete this line
// userInputArr = [];
function addNote() {
// check if it is number
if (isNaN(userInput.value) || Number(userInput.value < 1)) {
return;
}
lists.insertAdjacentHTML(
"afterbegin",
`<li class='list'>${userInput.value}</li>`
);
userInput.value = "";
}
addBtn.addEventListener("click", function () {
addNote();
});

const items = (() => {
const _items = {};
let key = 0;
return {
put(value) {
_items[key++] = value;
console.log("Added", this.all());
return key - 1;
},
remove(key) {
delete _items[key++];
console.log("Removed", this.all());
},
all(asArray = true) {
return asArray ? Object.values(_items) : { ..._items
};
}
}
})();
const inputEl = document.querySelector(".input");
const itemsEl = document.querySelector(".items");
const addBtn = document.querySelector(".btn-add");
addBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
const value = inputEl.value.trim();
if (!value.length) return;
const key = items.put(value);
const li = document.createElement("li");
li.textContent = value;
li.dataset.key = key;
itemsEl.append(li);
inputEl.value = "";
});
itemsEl.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
const li = e.target.closest("li");
items.remove(li.dataset.key);
li.remove();
});
<input type="text" class="input">
<button class="btn-add">Add</button>
<ul class="items"></ul>
Run code & View in full screen.

use shift() userInputArr.shift()
you are also getting double clicks because your addNote() function contains an event listener lists.addEventListener and it's executed by another event listner addBtn.addEventListener you should probably move
lists.addEventListener out of the addNote function

Add value for DOM nodes in list

I am trying to create a list of links using DOM nodes from the data in the database. Instead of having a link for each DOM element. The whole list only have one link. I want the link to be separate because I want to add value to it so I can identify which link the user clicks.
This is the link in HTML
This is my Javascript code in which I take data from database. I want to put each corresponding in database as the value for the corresponding link in the HTML code.
window.onload = async function outsong() {
var selected = localStorage.getItem("category")
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = selected;
var result = [];
if(selected == "Popular") {
await db.collection("Song").doc("Popular").collection("songs").get().then(function(querySnapshot) {
querySnapshot.forEach(function(doc) {
// doc.data() is never undefined for query doc snapshots
console.log(doc.id, " => ", doc.data());
result.push(doc.data());
});
});
console.log(result.length);
for(a = 0; a < result.length; a++) {
var node = document.createElement("li");
var textnode = document.createTextNode(result[a].song_name);
node.appendChild(textnode);
document.getElementById("songlist").appendChild(node);
var anchor = document.getElementById("songlist");
var att = document.createAttribute("value");
att.value = result[a].song_name;
anchor.setAttributeNode(att);
}
}
In the image, I want to separate the link, not one as the whole.

Within your loop, you'll need to create a new <a> element within each <li>, and add the song link to that a element. Modifying your code:
const songList = document.getElementById("songlist");
for(let a = 0; a < result.length; a++) {
var node = document.createElement("li");
var link = document.createElement('a');
link.setAttribute('href', result[a].song_link);
link.innerText = result[a].song_name;
node.appendChild(link);
songList.appendChild(node);
}
I don't see where you're getting the song_link from, so for the sake of the example, I guess it was in the result[a] object, alongside song_name.

Why do I get the `div.setAttribute is not a function` error in my code?

I am getting the error:
div.setAttribute is not a function
in the following code snippet:
FriendlyChat.prototype.displayMessage = function(key, name, text, picUrl, imageUri) {
console.log('FriendlyChat.prototype.displayMessage');
var div = document.getElementById(key);
// If an element for that message does not exists yet we create it.
if (!div) {
var container = document.createElement('div');
container.innerHTML = FriendlyChat.MESSAGE_TEMPLATE;
div = container.firstChild;
div.setAttribute('id', key);
this.messageList.appendChild(div);
}
if (picUrl) {
div.querySelector('.pic').style.backgroundImage = 'url(' + picUrl + ')';
}
div.querySelector('.name').textContent = name;
var messageElement = div.querySelector('.message');
if (text) { // If the message is text.
messageElement.textContent = text;
// Replace all line breaks by <br>.
messageElement.innerHTML = messageElement.innerHTML.replace(/\n/g, '<br>');
}
};
The error occurs whenever the above function is called. I don't know what is wrong with the code.
Why does the error occur?

container.firstChild returns the first child node within container, which may not be an element (it could be a text node, comment, etc.). If it's not an element, it won't have setAttribute. If you want the first element child, use firstElementChild.
Side note: id is a reflected property, so you can write div.id = key; rather than div.setAttribute("id", key);. They do the same thing. (This is true of many attributes, but not all; value on input elements is a major exception, it's not an accessor for the value attribute.)

replaceChild not inserting new child

I do not see what I am doing wrong:
var html = existingSelector.innerHTML;
var node = document.createTextNode(html);
existingSelector.parentNode.replaceChild(node, existingSelector);
existingSelector is the result of
selectedContents.querySelector("b");
Running the code correctly removes the "b" element, but does not insert the new node in its place. It simply deletes the entire node, without actually replacing it. As far as I can see, my syntax for the replaceChild() is correct though - ideas?
Edited Complete code:
this.bold = function() {
var selection = this.selection;
var selectedContents = selection.extractContents();
var existingSelector = selectedContents.querySelector("b");
if (existingSelector) {
var html = existingSelector.innerHTML;
var node = document.createTextNode(html);
console.log(node);
existingSelector.parentNode.replaceChild(node, existingSelector);
}
else {
var b = document.createElement("b");
b.appendChild(selectedContents);
selection.deleteContents();
selection.insertNode(b);
}
this.restoreSelection(selection);
}