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

Posted by anthonyv1
anthonyv1
8,168 Points

First task challenge...

I've been on the first task for 3 days. What am I getting wrong here ?

app.js 
let inputValue = "";
let button = document.querySelector("a")
let textInput = document.getElementById("linkname")

button.addEventListener("click", () => {
inputValue = textInput.value
});
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">Go to link</a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Cam Richardson
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Cam Richardson
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 16,895 Points
Cam Richardson
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Cam Richardson
Front End Web Development Treehouse Moderator 16,895 Points

Hey there!

So the challenge is expecting the variable inputValue to be set by the time it evaluates your code. Since you're not actually setting the value until the user clicks the button the challenge fails. Try setting the value of inputValue outside the scope of your event listener.

As an additional note, I notice that you're forgetting the camel case on linkName. That will cause your textInput variable to return null as the browser won't know about an element with the id of linkname.

Hope that helps!