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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM Getting a Handle on the DOM Select by ID

Posted by Arya G
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Arya G
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,503 Points

Declare a variable named button. Assign the variable the <button> element with the ID btn-phrase. Use the method that re

I am not able to figure it out!

app.js 
// Complete the challenge by writing JavaScript below
let button= document.getElementById('sayPhrase'); 

let input = document.getElementById('phraseText');


button.addEventListener('click', () => {
  alert(input.value);
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Phrase Sayer</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><label for="input-phrase">Type a phrase</label></p>
    <p><input type="text" id="input-phrase"></p>
    <p><button id="btn-phrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points
Jason Larson
Jason Larson
8,361 Points

You were close on this one. Rather than putting in the value of the actual phrase, you wanted to get the button element that had that phrase. You are going to get the element by using its ID, which in this case is btn-phrase. To do that, use this code:

let button = document.getElementById('btn-phrase');
Arya G
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Arya G
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 10,503 Points

Thank you!!!

Adane Gebreselasse
Adane Gebreselasse
3,538 Points
Adane Gebreselasse
Adane Gebreselasse
3,538 Points

let button = document.getElementById('btn-phrase');