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

Posted by Sumalee Juntra
Sumalee Juntra
8,669 Points

I can't solve this task. :(

Next, set the text content of the <a> element with the ID link to the value stored in inputValue.

app.js 
var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').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"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Xavier Ritch
Xavier Ritch
11,099 Points

Hope you got this one figured by now but if not, the challenge task is asking you to set the textContent of the <a> tag equal to the value of the inputValue variable. So first we would select the <a> tag with getElementById and then call textContent on it, then store that in our variable So it should look something like this:

var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value; document.getElementById('link').textContent = inputValue;

hope this helps!

Sumalee Juntra
Sumalee Juntra
8,669 Points

Yay! I solved it! Thanks so much Xavier Ritch. ;)

Kirill Kachinsky
Kirill Kachinsky
15,254 Points
Kirill Kachinsky
Kirill Kachinsky
15,254 Points

try removing the quotations, play around with the syntax, that usually works, I remember being stuck on this one as well

Sumalee Juntra
Sumalee Juntra
8,669 Points

Thank you so much for your help. :)