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

Posted by Damjan Bozinovski
Damjan Bozinovski
9,916 Points

Whats wrong

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

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

There are two issues with your third line:

  • the variable whose class you want to set is called newParagraph, not p
  • the class name ('panel') needs to be in quotation marks