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Script with querySelector works only once for class

The script below works fine for the first div with the .inp class, it doesn't work for the second block with the same class. I broke my head trying to figure out why this is happening and how to make it work, while NOT ADDING new classes or IDs to the second div.

document.querySelector("input").focus();

document.querySelector(".inp").addEventListener("input", function({ target, data }){
  // Exclude non-numeric characters (if a value has been entered)
  data && ( target.value = data.replace(/[^0-9]/g,'') );
  
  const hasValue = target.value !== "";
  const hasSibling = target.nextElementSibling;
  const hasSiblingInput = hasSibling && target.nextElementSibling.nodeName === "INPUT";

  if ( hasValue && hasSiblingInput ){

    target.nextElementSibling.focus();
  
  } 
});
.inp input {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 10px;  
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez
3 answers
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.querySelector will work only for the first element it finds, you should use .querySelectorAll instead. It will return a node list of all selectors with your class.

Then you can iterate with a loop through all of them and add the event listener.

about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez Report

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Here you go:

document.querySelector("input").focus();

document.querySelectorAll(".inp").forEach(inp => {
  inp.addEventListener("input", function({ target, data }){
  // Exclude non-numeric characters (if a value has been entered)
  data && ( target.value = data.replace(/[^0-9]/g,'') );
  
  const hasValue = target.value !== "";
  const hasSibling = target.nextElementSibling;
  const hasSiblingInput = hasSibling && target.nextElementSibling.nodeName === "INPUT";

  if ( hasValue && hasSiblingInput ){

    target.nextElementSibling.focus();
  
  } 
 });
})
  
  
.inp input {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 10px;  
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

As Pointy mentioned querySelector() method can only be used to access a single element while querySelectorAll() method can be used to access all elements which match with a specified CSS selector.

about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez Report

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Using (document|element).querySelector will give the first element which matches the query.

You can user (document|element).querySelectorAll instead in this scenario.

document.querySelector("input").focus();

document.querySelectorAll(".inp").forEach(element=>element.addEventListener("input", function({ target, data }){
  // Exclude non-numeric characters (if a value has been entered)
  data && ( target.value = data.replace(/[^0-9]/g,'') );
  
  const hasValue = target.value !== "";
  const hasSibling = target.nextElementSibling;
  const hasSiblingInput = hasSibling && target.nextElementSibling.nodeName === "INPUT";

  if ( hasValue && hasSiblingInput ){

    target.nextElementSibling.focus();
  
  } 
}))
.inp input {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 10px;  
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

<div class="inp">
  <input type="text" name="digit1" />
  <input type="text" name="digit2" />
  <input type="text" name="digit3" />
  <input type="text" name="digit4" />  
  <input type="text" name="digit5" />  
</div>

about 4 years ago · Santiago Gelvez Report
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