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Eric Conklin
8,350 PointsTodo app not displaying text of new todo items
See below.
When I click add task, it does not import any of the new text to the added task.
Any ideas on how to fix this one?
//Problem: User interaction doesn't provide desired results
//Solution: Add interactivity so the user can manage daily tasks
var taskInput = document.getElementById("new-task"); //New task
var addButton = document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0]; //First button
var incompleteTasksHolder = document.getElementById("incomplete-tasks"); //#incomplete-tasks
var completedTasksHolder = document.getElementById("completed-tasks"); //#completed-tasks
//New Task List Item
var createNewTaskElement = function(taskstring){
//Create List Item
var listItem = document.createElement("li");
//input checkbox
var checkBox = document.createElement("input"); //checkbox
//label
var label = document.createElement("label"); //label
//input text
var editInput = document.createElement("input"); //text
//button.edit
var editButton = document.createElement("button"); //edit
//buton.delete
var deleteButton = document.createElement("button"); //delete
//Each element needs to be modified
checkBox.type = "checkbox";
editInput.type = "text";
editButton.innerText = "Edit";
editButton.className = "edit";
deleteButton.innerText = "Delete";
deleteButton.className = "delete";
//Each element needs to be appended
listItem.appendChild(checkBox);
listItem.appendChild(label);
listItem.appendChild(editInput);
listItem.appendChild(editButton);
listItem.appendChild(deleteButton);
return listItem;
}
//Add a new task
var addTask = function(){
console.log("Add task...");
//When the button is pressed
//Create a new list item with the text from the #new-task:
var listItem = createNewTaskElement(taskInput.value);
//Append listItem to incompleteTasksHolder
incompleteTasksHolder.appendChild(listItem);
bindTaskEvents(listItem, taskCompleted);
}
//Edit an existing task
var editTask = function(){
console.log("Edit task...");
var listItem = this.parentNode;
var editInput = listItem.querySelector("input[type=text]");
//If the class of the parent is .editMode
//Switch from .editMode
//label text become the input's value
//else
//Switch to .editMode
//input value becomes to label's text
//Toggle .editMode
}
//Delete an existing task
var deleteTask = function(){
console.log("Delete task...");
//When the delete button is pressed
var listItem = this.parentNode;
var ul = listItem.parentNode;
//Remove the parent list item from the ul
ul.removeChild(listItem);
}
//Mark a task as complete
var taskCompleted = function(){
console.log("Complete task...");
//Append the task list item to the #completed-tasks
var listItem = this.parentNode;
completedTasksHolder.appendChild(listItem);
bindTaskEvents(listItem, taskinComplete);
}
//Mark a task as incomplete
var taskinComplete = function(){
console.log("Task incomplete...");
//Append the task list item to the #incomplete-tasks
var listItem = this.parentNode;
incompleteTasksHolder.appendChild(listItem);
bindTaskEvents(listItem, taskCompleted);
}
//Set the click handler to the addTask function
addButton.onclick = addTask;
var bindTaskEvents = function(taskListItem, checkboxEventHandler){
console.log("Bind list item events");
//select taskListItem's children
var checkbox = taskListItem.querySelector("input[type=checkbox]");
var editButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.edit");
var deleteButton = taskListItem.querySelector("button.delete");
//bind editTask to edit button
editButton.onclick = editTask;
//bind deleteTask to delete button
deleteButton.onclick = deleteTask;
//bind taskCompleted to checkbox
checkbox.onchange = checkboxEventHandler;
}
//cycle over incompleteTasksHolder ul list items
for(var i = 0; i < incompleteTasksHolder.children.length; i++){
//bind events to list items children (taskCompleted)
bindTaskEvents(incompleteTasksHolder.children[i], taskCompleted);
}
//cycle over TasksHolder ul list items
for(var i = 0; i < completedTasksHolder.children.length; i++){
//bind events to list items children (taskIncomplete)
bindTaskEvents(completedTasksHolder.children[i], taskinComplete);
}
1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
15,718 PointsHey Eric,
I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't add any of the new text to the added task. Do you mean that it's not adding the text you put into the input box to the new task or that it's not adding the "Edit" and "Delete" buttons to the new task when you create it? I tested your code and what's in there works fine. Can you be more specific?