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Laura Pesce
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 7,875 PointsHelp for completing challenge (jQuery)
The challenge is the following:
Take a look at the app.js and preview. The aim of this application is to show what the user types in to the input field and preview it in the H1 tag. Almost all the code is there, there's just one thing missing. Retrieving the value from the input.
//Select the input for the title for blog post. var $titleInput = $("#title");
//Select the preview h1 tag var $previewTitle = $("#titlePreview");
// Every second update the preview var previewTimer = setInterval(updatePreview, 1000);
function updatePreview(){
//Get the user's input
var titleValue;
//Set the user input as the preview title.
$previewTitle.text(titleValue);
}
Could you help me please?
//Select the input for the title for blog post.
var $titleInput = $("#title");
//Select the preview h1 tag
var $previewTitle = $("#titlePreview");
// Every second update the preview
var previewTimer = setInterval(updatePreview, 1000);
function updatePreview(){
//Get the user's input
var titleValue;
//Set the user input as the preview title.
$previewTitle.text(titleValue);
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="theme.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="form">
<label for="title">Blog Post Title</label><input id="title" name="title" value="" placeholder="Enter your blog title here">
</div>
<div id="preview">
<h1 id="titlePreview"></h1>
</div>
<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>
#form {
width: 45%;
float: left;
}
#preview {
width: 45%;
float: right;
}
label {
width: 20%;
display: inline-block;
}
input {
width: 70%;
}
2 Answers
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
The jQuery .val() method is good for obtaining the contents of an input field.
And the variable $titleInput already exists to conveniently reference the input field.
Jacob Hopkins
7,310 PointsI'm still lost on this, can someone explain further?