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MOHAMMED AHMED ALNAJAR
Courses Plus Student 6,810 PointsInside the provided click handler in app.js: Use jQuery’s val() method to get the value of the text input
Inside the provided click handler in app.js:
Use jQuery’s val() method to get the value of the text input with the ID of name-input Save it to a variable named newName
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2>
<p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>
<label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
<button>Change</button>
<script
src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
$('button').click(function() {
// Write code here
const newName = $('#name-Input').val();
$('.profile-name').text(newName);
});
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! You simply have a typo. You are trying to get the id of "#text-Input", but the id is "#text-input". Note the difference in capitalization between Input and input.
When I fix the capitalization, your code passes!
