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

Posted by Dionte Barnes
Dionte Barnes
10,140 Points

Store the value of the text input element in the variable inputValue. (If you need a refresher on getting the value of a

Need help

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector('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

David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points
David Reid
David Reid
19,691 Points

You are looking here to select the value of the input in the inputValue variable.

.querySelector('input') selects the input then we need the value that we access using dot notation. Hope that helps :)

let inputValue = document.querySelector('input').value;

Humoyunmirzo Nosirov
Humoyunmirzo Nosirov
Courses Plus Student 5,154 Points

it really confuses me a lot , how you add .value and WHY??