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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Setting a value

Posted by Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson
1,782 Points

Can someone help me with this javascript

I can not get this to work. What am I doing wrong?

js/app.js 
```javascript//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");

//Select Input with the id of #fullName
var $fullName = $('<select></select>');
//Insert value in to full name input
$('#fullName').val('$select');

```index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<label for="fullName">Full Name</label><input id="fullName" name="fullName" value="" disabled>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Oliver Duncan
Oliver Duncan
16,642 Points
Oliver Duncan
Oliver Duncan
16,642 Points

You're not selecting the correct input, and you're using the val() method incorrectly. Your code should read:

var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");

//Select Input with the id of #fullName
var $fullName = $('#fullName');
//Insert value in to full name input
$fullName.val(fullName);

I think where you got tripped up is when they ask you to 'select' the input with the id of fullName. When they say select, they just mean to use jQuery to access the DOM element with the id fullName. You could have also easily done

$("#fullName").val(fullName)
Michael Wilson
Michael Wilson
1,782 Points

Thanks Oliver. My brain just get all crammed whenever I do javascript. Thanks again.