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

Posted by Aidan Caddle
Aidan Caddle
18,983 Points

Storing a Value

Can someone please tell me what im not seeing, please?

app.js 
let inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName');
let outputValue = document.getElementById('myHeading');
let myButton = document.getElementById('link');

myButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    outputValue.textContent = inputValue.value;
});
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>
            <p id="myHeading"></p>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Daniel Jędrzejak
Daniel Jędrzejak
19,798 Points 
let inputValue = document.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].value;

 document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].innerHTML=inputValue ;
Aidan Caddle
Aidan Caddle
18,983 Points

That worked. cheers man!

Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points
Antonio De Rose
Antonio De Rose
20,884 Points

the first question - Store the value of the text input element in the variable inputValue

let inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName'); // half only completed, try to get the value which is entered
//in the textbox.
Pawel Ellwart
Pawel Ellwart
12,993 Points

Hi Antonio,

you have correctly identified the element with ID, now you have to use this variable and assign to it the content from input, you can "gather" the content by using value method on the inputValue object. It will take the "value" from the element with ID "linkName" and store it in inputValue variable.

let inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName');
inputValue= inputValue.value;