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karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,136 Pointsdocument.title v/s document.querySelector('title')
document.title v/s document.querySelector('title')
when I try to assign a new value, I am able to with document.title, but not with document.querySelector('title').
What can be the reason?
2 Answers
Steven Parker
243,201 PointsThese are different kinds of things. While document.title is a string, document.querySelector("title") is an element.
The equivalent string to document.title would be document.querySelector("title").textContent.
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,136 PointsOkay Thankyou so much
karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,136 Pointskaran Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,136 PointsHi Steven, i understood it, but how do we know when returns a string or an element?
Steven Parker
243,201 PointsSteven Parker
243,201 PointsFrequent use helps make it stick in your mind, but even so you can't expect to remember everything. Whenever I forget, I just look up the specs on MDN, like for document.title and for document.querySelector.