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

Shashikant Verma
Shashikant Verma
1,759 Points
Posted by Shashikant Verma
Shashikant Verma
1,759 Points

How to set text content of a tag ?

Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue ?

I am trying this but its don't work let inputValue = document.querySelector('#link').href;

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector('a').href;
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"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points
Aakash Srivastava
Aakash Srivastava
5,415 Points

Hey friend Shashikant Verma , first select the a tag with id 'link' , then set it's textContent property to the variable inputValue .
Here is the code: 

document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue ;

Hope it helped

Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
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Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
Courses Plus Student 16,750 Points
Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
Gonzalo Torres del Fierro
Courses Plus Student 16,750 Points

the 1 and 2 answers here.

let inputValue = document.getElementById("linkName").value;
document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue ;
Unsubscribed User
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Unsubscribed User
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Thank you for the help, i have been stuck on the second answer