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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Getting a value

Sági János
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Sági János
Courses Plus Student 6,185 Points
Posted by Sági János
Sági János
Courses Plus Student 6,185 Points

I dont understand

Hi Please send a solution i cant figure it out how to fix it. Thanks all

js/app.js 
//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);
}
index.html 
<!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>
theme.css 
  #form {
    width: 45%;
    float: left;
  }
  #preview {
    width: 45%;
    float: right;
  }
  label {
    width: 20%;
    display: inline-block;
  }
  input {
    width: 70%;
  }

2 Answers

Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer

Sorry for the late reply, but hopefully I can be of some help and get you on your way!

In order to solve this code challenge you need to retrieve the value from the input field ($titleInput) and store the value within the titleValue variable. The value then gets passed into the $previewTitle.text(titleValue) method call.

So, in order to retrieve the value from our input with jQuery we can utilize the val() method on our $titleInput variable. So we would change the updatePreview() function like so: 

function updatePreview(){  
  //Get the user's input -- This is where we can use the val() method to get the input's value
  var titleValue = $titleInput.val();
  //Set the user input as the preview title. 
  $previewTitle.text(titleValue);
}

I hope this was able to solve your issue, and if you have any additional questions don't hesitate to ask!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Within an hour isn't "late". 3 days might be "late". :smile:

Sági János
PLUS
Sági János
Courses Plus Student 6,185 Points
Sági János
Sági János
Courses Plus Student 6,185 Points

Oh no problem! Thank you Ryan It's work finally. Great! Thanks everthing again. Okay I"ll dont be.