Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Perform: Selecting Elements

Selecting elements in console?

How did the author wrote the name, and it gave list of elements. Was name mentioned in console was tag name or anything else?

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Anmar,

You can select elements in JavaScript by using methods. You could have getElementById or as toy suggested by tag name.

The syntax would be something like.

variable.getElementById("elementid");

Good luck :-)

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Anmar,

You can select elements in JavaScript by using methods. You could have getElementById or as toy suggested by tag name.

The syntax would be something like.

variable.getElementById("elementid");

Good luck :-)