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

Posted by Andreas Skomsøy
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Andreas Skomsøy
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both of the questions want us to store the value or textcontent into the same variable, which causes an error

both of the questions want us to store the value or textcontent into the same variable, which causes an error

app.js 
var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;
var inputValue = document.getElementById('link').textContent;
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

Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points
Rabin Gharti Magar
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Rabin Gharti Magar
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,928 Points

Hey Andreas Skomsøy,

Your method is correct. The only thing you need to add is inputValue variable after textContent to retrieve a value.

Here's the final version:

var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;
var inputValue = document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue;

Hope this helps!