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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Appending Nodes

Greg Schudel
Greg Schudel
4,090 Points
Posted by Greg Schudel
Greg Schudel
4,090 Points

why no quotations in datablock for appendChild() method?

Why is there no quotation in the appendChild() method below?

// function for creating item from bottom input tag
addItemButton.addEventListener('click', () => {

    let ul = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

    let li = document.createElement('li'); 

    li.textContent = addItemInput.value; 

    ul.appendChild(li); // why no quotations like this 'li'?


});

Shouldn't it look like this?

ul.appendChild('li');

1 Answer

asd asdf
asd asdf
Courses Plus Student 298 Points

Yes, if you were appending a li to a ul it would indeed be ul.appendChild('li');, but in this case there is a variable li that contains an Λ™liΛ™ element, and you are appending whatever is stored in the variable.