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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Modifying Elements

Posted by Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
4,387 Points

I don't understand how to add text to element in this challenge.

I'm using newParagraph.innerText("the text I'm adding"); but it's not working.

app.js 
var body = document.body;
var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
var pleaseEnableParagraph = document.querySelector("#please_enable");

// Add text to the new paragraph

newParagraph.innerText("JavaScript is enabled");

//Remove "Please Enable JavaScript" paragraph

body.removeChild(pleaseEnableParagraph);

//Append new paragaph to document

body.appendChild(newParagraph);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <p id="please_enable">Please Enable JavaScript</p>

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

2 Answers

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

You're close! You perform innerText method in a slightly different way than you would expect. Instead of using parentheses, you use an equal sign.

newParagraph.innerText = "JavaScript is enabled";
Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
4,387 Points
Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
4,387 Points

Thanks, can't believe I missed that!