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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM Getting a Handle on the DOM Select by ID

Posted by Ronnie Hodges
Ronnie Hodges
5,812 Points

const input = document.getElementById(`input-phrase`);

whats wrong with my code?

app.js 
// Complete the challenge by writing JavaScript below

const button = document.getElementById(`btn-phrase`);

const input = document.getElementById(`input-phrase`);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Phrase Sayer</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><label for="input-phrase">Type a phrase</label></p>
    <p><input type="text" id="input-phrase"></p>
    <p><button id="btn-phrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points

There are 2 potential issues:

  • the original code creating an event listener should remain, but it seems to be missing
  • the template literals might be confusing the challenge checker

As a "best practice", template literals should only be used when they contain substitution tokens. Otherwise you can use plain strings (enclosed in single or double quotes).