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Start your free trialGabriel Kunkel
2,566 PointsWhy can't I add text this way (see line 7) to the newParagraph?
See line 7 of app.js. This is what I added to the code in order to make the object newParagraph have text between its "p" tags.
var body = document.body;
var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
var pleaseEnableParagraph = document.querySelector("#please_enable");
// Add text to the new paragraph
newParagraph.appendChild("JavaScript is enabled.");
//Remove "Please Enable JavaScript" paragraph
body.removeChild(pleaseEnableParagraph);
//Append new paragaph to document
body.appendChild(newParagraph);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="please_enable">Please Enable JavaScript</p>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Henry Goh
20,201 PointsHi Gabriel,
The document.appendChild()
only accepts HTML elements as parameters.
In your case, you may try newParagraph.innerHTML = 'JavaScript is enabled.';
instead, as you are trying to change the HTML content within the p
element.