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

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

The value of the text input has not been stored in 'linkName

I am getting this strange error saying 

The value of the text input has not been stored in 'linkName'

whereas there isn't any linkName in Challenge 1 of 2. Is it a bug or am i Missing something?

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector("input.value");
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>

here is a screenshot of error https://imgur.com/a/mVsQJ

2 Answers

Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points
Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson
4,260 Points

The input type has an id of linkName. Try adding that to your input value.

David McNeill
David McNeill
44,438 Points
David McNeill
David McNeill
44,438 Points

Todd's right. If you look at the HTML, the input you're working with has an ID attribute of 'linkName'. This allows you to use querySelector to target that input, then add .value to retrieve the value from it.

let inputValue = document.querySelector('#linkName').value;
ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

The question is misleading coz it doesn't say anything about #linkName