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

Posted by marcosmelo
marcosmelo
4,579 Points

Isn't "inputValue = document.querySelector('a').href" a correct answer?

When testing on Webstorm it seems to fill the input text field with the URL, but it is not working in the Treehouse environment.

app.js 
let inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;
inputValue = document.querySelector('a').href
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>

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

All you are doing is reassigning inputValue. The task wants you to set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue - meaning inputValue will be on the right hand side. Try:

document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue
marcosmelo
marcosmelo
4,579 Points
marcosmelo
marcosmelo
4,579 Points

Hi Kris, I see my error, it is working now. Thank you