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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

Matthew Russo
Matthew Russo
3,871 Points
Posted by Matthew Russo
Matthew Russo
3,871 Points

Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue.

I'm having trouble with this challenge question. I've tried the querySelector(), getElementById(), and getElementsByTagName() methods on the a tag, but nothing worked. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

app.js 
let inputValue = document.querySelector('input').value;

inputValue = document.querySelector('#link').textContent;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
            <label>Link Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="linkName">
            <a id="link" href="https://teamtreehouse.com"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points
Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points

Rearrange your second line in app.js and see if you can figure it out :) you are very close!

Matthew Russo
Matthew Russo
3,871 Points
Matthew Russo
Matthew Russo
3,871 Points

Thanks for the response. Nothing I've tried since yesterday has worked. Got another hint??

Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points
Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points

Thing is that you're setting a new value for your variable, instead of using that variable to set the textContent of #link.

Try setting it up like this 

document.querySelector('#link').textContent = inputValue;

This worked for me when I took the challenge :) hope it works for you too.

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

Use let anchor variable on the new line and from the end delete .textContent. Now did you receive the value. On the new line use innerText. Hope this help!