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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

aliceinwonderland
aliceinwonderland
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Posted by aliceinwonderland
aliceinwonderland
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I'm not certain how to proceed with this next step...

Text content of the a tag--should I use querySelector ?

app.js 
let inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName a').value;
index.html 
<!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

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi again! First, you will not need to alter the line from the previous task. And much like the previous task, this is also expecting a little detective work. Do you see any additional information in the HTML that might make the <a> tag also easily selectable?. Once you select it you can then set the textContent property to hold the value now stored in inputValue.

Hope these hints help, but let me know if you're still stuck! :sparkles: