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Ryu Blunder
Courses Plus Student 605 Pointsinput value
how do i set input value on this excercise?
//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;
$titleInput.val(titleValue);
//Set the user input as the preview title.
$previewTitle.text(titleValue);
}
<!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>
#form {
width: 45%;
float: left;
}
#preview {
width: 45%;
float: right;
}
label {
width: 20%;
display: inline-block;
}
input {
width: 70%;
}
1 Answer
stjarnan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 56,488 PointsHi Ryu!
You can do this by setting the titleValue variable to:
var titleValue = $titleInput.val();
the $titleInput variable targets the input field, and you want the value from that input. Hope that helped!