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Dane Erickson
5,920 PointsI do not understand what this is asking. Am I supposed to add a variable called linkName? The ? does not ask that.
When submitting the prompt says "Bummer! the value of text input was not assigned to linkName". The question doesn't mention assigning anything to a variable called 'linkName'
let inputValue = document.querySelector('input#linkName').textContent;
<!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
Patrik Horváth
11,110 PointsHi,
Dale Severude why he should use getElementByID ? its ID its unique 1 per page or am i wrong ? so he can use anything :) and its more easyer then type getElementByID or other ones ....
let inputValue = document.querySelector("#linkName").value;
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsYou should use getElementById to select the linkName value.
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Pointslink has ID so you can also use querySelector("#link"), yea but he used in his example shorter way so i assum he is not new in JS and its easyer do it by querySelector :) one command for all .)
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsDale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsAh yes, that passes the challenge as well. The challenge was referencing a video which uses getElementByID, so I thought that is what the challenge was looking for.