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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

Viktoria S
Viktoria S
6,773 Points
Posted by Viktoria S
Viktoria S
6,773 Points

challenge 2 text content

Can someone help what I'm doing wrong with this challenge? It ask to assign the text content of an a tag to a variable.

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector('[type=text]').value;
   inputValue = document.querySelector('a').textContent;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
            <label>Link Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="linkName">
            <a id="link" href="https://teamtreehouse.com"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

You can use "id" name. For example:

Challenge Task 1 of 2

Store the value of the text input element in the variable inputValue. (If you need a refresher on getting the value of a text input, this video from the previous section demonstrates how.)

let inputValue = document.querySelector('#linkName').value;

Now you select "a" tag and use textContent and this equal to inputValue.

Challenge Task 2 of 2

Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue.

let inputValue = document.querySelector('#linkName').value;
document.querySelector('#link').textContent = inputValue;

Hope this help.