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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Setting a value

Posted by Garvita sadani
Garvita sadani
4,482 Points

jQuery Basics

Please help. Unable to solve this- A prompt dialog will open prompting for someone's full name. Use jQuery to follow the comments in code. First, select the correct input, and then set it's value to the fullName.

js/app.js 
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");

//Select Input with the id of #fullName
$("#fullName").

//Insert value in to full name input
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<label for="fullName">Full Name</label><input id="fullName" name="fullName" value="" disabled>
<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>

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

There's one more thing I neglected to mention.

if the val method is actually going to display value it needs the variable that's being passed into it.

$('#fullName').val(fullName);

So the first is the actual section of the required input element, jQuery is attaching the action to the input by its ID. Then the val() method is being called on it with a value. We could have probably passed this in as a string but we've got a message already. The value from the prompt function.

var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
.val(fullName);
Garvita sadani
Garvita sadani
4,482 Points

Thank You so much !! :)

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

You're selecting the right field, definitely. Try adding the val() method to your input. Set the value of the method to be what you type into the prompt variabler

Garvita sadani
Garvita sadani
4,482 Points

will you please do the coding.. so i wuld better understand it. Thanx for reply