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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Mirali Mirzayev
Mirali Mirzayev
1,980 Points
Posted by Mirali Mirzayev
Mirali Mirzayev
1,980 Points

Confused again!

My first few tries it returned an error saying that it was not a function so i wrapped around one but i am still stuck. Please Help!

app.js 
function addElement(){
const contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");
let newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
let div = document.getElementByTagName('div');
newParagraph.className = 'panel'; 
 div.appendChild='newParagraph';
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">

        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Malcolm Lowery
Malcolm Lowery
5,416 Points
Malcolm Lowery
Malcolm Lowery
5,416 Points

Here is the answer!

const contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");

let newParagraph = document.createElement("p");

newParagraph.className = "panel";

contentDiv.appendChild(newParagraph);