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

Posted by Nick Stumpf
Nick Stumpf
9,602 Points

I feel that I am really close on this but missing something small. Can someone assist? Thanks!

I thought this was how you would access the "text" in the <a> and re-assign it to inputValue but can't figure out what is causing the issue. Any help would be appreciated!

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector('input').value;
document.getElementById('linkName').textContent = inputValue;
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

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,970 Points

The anchor has an id of 'link' - so make the following change:

document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue;
Nick Stumpf
Nick Stumpf
9,602 Points

Ah yes! Thank you that worked.