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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Posted by Brennan Altringer
Brennan Altringer
7,660 Points

These instructions are not descriptive enough.

set the class of panel to newParagraph?

app.js 
const contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");
let newParagraph = document.createElement('p');

document.panel.className = newParagraph;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">

        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

brandon downs
brandon downs
11,577 Points
brandon downs
brandon downs
11,577 Points

you created a variable named newParagraph. now they are asking you to set newParagraph to have a class of panel.

to do this you simply write the variable name, and then can call the className method on that variable and assign it to panel

check out this code,

const contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");
let newParagraph = document.createElement('p');

newParagraph.className = 'panel';
Brennan Altringer
Brennan Altringer
7,660 Points

I figured it out, but I have run into a few of these where the descriptions for the tasks honestly aren't that clear even after a video. It would have made more sense if it said something like, "add a class to newParagraph called panel". The description was like reading wisdom from Yoda.