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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

MacKenzie Santiago
MacKenzie Santiago
5,137 Points
Posted by MacKenzie Santiago
MacKenzie Santiago
5,137 Points

Where is the explanation in the lesson plan for adding .value or .textContent outside of the parenthese?

4.2 Challenge Task - Modifying Elements:

const inputValue = document.querySelector('input').value; document.querySelector('p').textContent = inputValue;

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

That's simply a shortcut for the principles demonstrated in the Change Element Attributes video. It saves a line of code and an extra variable.

What you were asking about in your previous question could also be implemented on 2 lines like this:

const myInput = document.querySelector('input');
const inputValue = myInput.value;

The concept of using the membership operator directly on the result of calling a function is illustrated in other courses, and is commonly called "chaining".