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

Laura Pesce
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Laura Pesce
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 7,875 Points

jQuery challenge problem

The challenge is the following:

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 its value to the fullName.

The code is this:

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

//Select Input with the id of #fullName

//Insert value in to full name input

Could you help me please?

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

//Select Input with the id of #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

Nicholas Mercer
Nicholas Mercer
2,319 Points

Laura,

You can try something along the following lines:

var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
jQuery("#fullName").val(fullName);

If that doesn't work, let me know! :)

-Nick