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

Evan Loiterman
Evan Loiterman
4,233 Points
Posted by Evan Loiterman
Evan Loiterman
4,233 Points

Select input value The question is vague

My code: var inputValue=document.getElementById("linkName"); console.log(inputValue.value) ;

what am I not doing here?

app.js 
//var inputValue=document.getElementById("linkName").value="test";
var inputValue=document.getElementById('linkName');


///inputValue.value ="test this";

console.log (inputValue.text);
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 Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points
Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points

There's 2 parts to this.

1.) Get the value of the input:

var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;

2.) Select the link with an ID of "link" and set the text equal to the value of the input:

document.getElementById('link').innerText = inputValue;