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

Posted by Saurabh Yadav
Saurabh Yadav
825 Points

why after applying textContent property task 1 stops working??

task 1 successfully passes but after applying a.textContent = inputVlaue; it gives error that taski 1 is no longer working?

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

a.textContent = 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

Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson
33,528 Points
Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson
33,528 Points

Hi Saurabh!

You are on the right track but you are missing a line of code. You haven't selected the link in the app.js file. You need to create a constant and name it a and your code will work.

let a = document.getElementById('link');