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Rod R
3,050 PointsMy code isnt working- please review
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>JavaScript and the DOM</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"> </head> <body> <h1 id="myHeading">JavaScript and the DOM</h1> <p>Making a web page interactive</p> <script src="app.js"></script> //verified this is linked by adding an alert </body> </html>
const myHeading = document.getElementById('myheading');
myHeading.addEventListener('click', () => {
myHeading.style.color = 'red';
});
JS console error: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'addEventListener' of null at app.js:4
The click function to change the heading to red from black isn't working (from: JS > Javascript and the DOM > Getting a handle on the DOM > A Simple Example)
Thank you.
2 Answers
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsNote the case of h in heading. They are different between your script and html.
<h1 id="myHeading">
document.getElementById('myheading');
jlampstack
23,932 PointsYou added the script in the head. Try adding near the end right before the closing body tag, same as instructor. I believe the reason for this is The Document needs to fully load before we can start selecting elements. If anyone can confirm that would be great!
kevin hudson
Courses Plus Student 11,987 PointsYou looked at this wrong. Rod was just copying and pasting his code to the post without using the backtick. So it's hard to read. The first answer is right he did a typo.