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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Hello, JavaScript! JavaScript Challenge Solution

Posted by Shreemangal Sethi
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Shreemangal Sethi
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,552 Points

Error with the textContent attribute.

Hi while solving this challenge on adding "document.querySelector("h1").textContent = "BOOM!", i get an error "Uncaught TypeError : Cannot set property 'textContent' null".

2 Answers

Shreemangal Sethi
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Shreemangal Sethi
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,552 Points
Shreemangal Sethi
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Shreemangal Sethi
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,552 Points

Hi i got the solution to the error. To solve this error, i had to make sure that the <script> tag comes after the element that i wanted to select. Thanks

fiona wang
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fiona wang
fiona wang
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Thank you!

It works after add the <script> tag right after the element in the HTML.

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

It looks like it's not picking up the element you want to select, properly.

Are you sure it exists in the HTML? Or that you have saved all the files in your workspace/text editor. :-)