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

Tauan Flores
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Tauan Flores
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,277 Points
Posted by Tauan Flores
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Tauan Flores
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 5,277 Points

How come this isn't working? let inputValue = document.querySelector("#linkName a").textContent;

How come this isn't working? let inputValue = document.querySelector("#linkName a").textContent;

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector("#linkName 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

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! There's a couple of things going on here. First, you're trying to access the anchor tag which resides inside the input element. However, the anchor tag does not reside inside the input element. You do not need to specify a. Secondly, you should be using value instead of textContent.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: