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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Select a Page Element By Its ID

Mars Epaecap
Mars Epaecap
5,110 Points
Posted by Mars Epaecap
Mars Epaecap
5,110 Points

I hosted this example on a webpage and it works on my laptop.I tried this in my Iphone and it didn't work. Why?

I hosted this example on a webpage and it works on my laptop.I tried this in my Iphone and it didn't work. Why?

Nick Trabue
Nick Trabue
Courses Plus Student 12,666 Points

My understanding is Safari has a bug with const where if you define it with the same name as the id of the element it is selecting it won't work. Try changing the name of your const variable and see if it works or try to use var instead. Unfortunately this will happen no matter what browser you put on your iPhone. Even chrome is just a wrapper around the safari window on iOS.

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Joshua Hardy
Joshua Hardy
17,317 Points
Joshua Hardy
Joshua Hardy
17,317 Points

Your iPhone uses Safari, which is not a good web browser to use for TreeHouse.