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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

How to select h1?

How do i select h1 tag after getElementById()?

app.js 
var fullName = function(){
  document.getElementById("fullname");

}
var lastName;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Tom Sager
Tom Sager
18,987 Points
Tom Sager
Tom Sager
18,987 Points

1) Fix the typo in the id value: "fullname" versus "full_name". 2) You should be setting the value of a variable, not defining a function. Drop the "function() {}" portion of your code.

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");