Add and remove classes from Node in Javascript

Question

I have a slider in my page and slider's indicators are dynamic, It bases on slider's elements' number and width of body.

My code block is:

function setIndicators(){
  const indicator = document.createElement("div");
  indicator.className = "indicator active";
  indicatorContainer.innerHTML = "";
  for(let i = 0;i <= maxIndex; i++){
    indicatorContainer.appendChild(indicator.cloneNode(true));
  }
  updateIndicators();
}

which is working fine. But I want to show active indicator but I cannot manipulate elements' classes.

I tried this:

function updateIndicators(index) {
  indicators.forEach((indicator) => {
    indicator.classList.remove("active");
  });
  let newActiveIndicator = indicators[index];
  newActiveIndicator.classList.add("active");
}

And I am not able to reach every indicators using index or anything I know/find. Also, it seems like NodeList not a HTML element.

Other things you may need:

const indicatorContainer = document.querySelector(".container-indicators");
const indicators = document.querySelectorAll(".indicator"); 
let maxScrollX = slider.scrollWidth - body.offsetWidth;
let baseSliderWidth = slider.offsetWidth;
let maxIndex = Math.ceil(maxScrollX / baseSliderWidth);

Answer 1

A better one I would suggest using the indicators in a different way. Since your HTML isn't shared, I have to assume a few things:

function clearAll() {
  const activeOnes = document.querySelectorAll(".active");
  activeOnes.forEach(function(activeOne) {
    activeOne.classList.remove("active");
  });
}

function chooseOne(index) {
  clearAll();
  const indicators = document.querySelectorAll(".indicator");
  indicators[index].classList.add("active");
}

* {
  font-family: 'Operator Mono', consolas, monospace;
}

.indicators {
  border: 2px solid #ccc;
  display: inline-block;
  width: auto;
  margin: 15px;
}

.indicators .indicator {
  padding: 15px;
  line-height: 1;
  background-color: #fff;
  flex-grow: 1;
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block;
}

.indicator.active {
  background-color: #f90;
}

<div class="indicators"><div class="indicator">I1</div><div class="indicator">I2</div><div class="indicator">I3</div><div class="indicator">I4</div><div class="indicator">I5</div></div>
<button onclick="chooseOne(2); return false">Select I3</button>
<button onclick="chooseOne(3); return false">Select I4</button>

I would have done this differently this way.

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