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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

Posted by Travers Geoffray
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Travers Geoffray
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 26,967 Points

Can someone help with this text content challenge task?

Not sure if I completely understand what's being asked here, the phrasing is a bit confusing. Not sure where I'm going wrong.

app.js 
var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;
document.querySelector('a').textcontent = inputValue.value;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
            <label>Link Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="linkName">
            <a id="link" href="https://teamtreehouse.com"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

You're close, but:

  • "inputValue" is already the value, it does not have its own ".value" attribute
  • The attribute "textContent" must be spelled with a capital "C"
  • while this selector will work, selecting by the ID would be a more "best practice" solution
Travers Geoffray
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Travers Geoffray
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 26,967 Points

Thank you Steven, that did it!

Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
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Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points

Travers Geoffray The issue is that the instructions in the challenge were prompting you to change the text content of the <a> element WITH the id of 'link'. So my solution to this was as follows:

var inputValue;
inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;
document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue;

Let me know if you need anything clarified.