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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Creating Elements

Posted by tuukka uosukainen
tuukka uosukainen
22,107 Points

On line 1 of app.js, create a new div element and assign it to newDiv.

I only got this far and am stuck. Please help.

var newDiv = document.createNewElement("div");
var newDiv;
var newSpan;

I have no idea what to do and Google could not help me.

Thank you!

3 Answers

Gabriel Tartaglia
Gabriel Tartaglia
41,581 Points
Gabriel Tartaglia
Gabriel Tartaglia
41,581 Points

Hi Tukka,

The correct method name is createElement, take a look at the documentation to see more details about it.

Ow! And you do not need to reinitialize it in the second line. Try again, but if the problem persists, here is the answer:

var newDiv = document.createElement("div");
var newSpan;
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

Hi Tuukka

The method is createElement(), not createNewElement(). Changing that it should be fine.

tuukka uosukainen
tuukka uosukainen
22,107 Points
tuukka uosukainen
tuukka uosukainen
22,107 Points

Thank you so much!

Now it was easy :)