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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Chanel Weathers
Chanel Weathers
7,003 Points
Posted by Chanel Weathers
Chanel Weathers
7,003 Points

Im certain Ive assigned <p> to the variable, but it keeps giving me an error, not understanding why.

I added a <p> element to the HTML & I assigned the newParagraph variable to the <p> element in the js file using the querySelector method which I believe is correct but still getting and error.

app.js 
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
let newParagraph = document.querySelector('p');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
        </div>
        <p class="para"></p>

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

2 Answers

Piotr Manczak
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Piotr Manczak
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Piotr Manczak
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Piotr Manczak
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 28,940 Points

As far as I can understand you created <p> directly in HTML but they are asking you to do that in JavaScript, like that:

var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content'); var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');

and next: newParagraph.className = 'panel'; and then:

contentDiv.appendChild(newParagraph);

if that helps don't forget to upvote me, please.

Chanel Weathers
Chanel Weathers
7,003 Points
Chanel Weathers
Chanel Weathers
7,003 Points

Thanks!! looks like i was using the wrong method.

Josh Ballard
Josh Ballard
697 Points
Josh Ballard
Josh Ballard
697 Points

Hi Chanel,

Can you post the error message? You created a new paragraph element, but you haven't appended it to the DOM. Is that what you are referring to?

-Josh