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JavaScript

Posted by Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points

Trouble with background color on Basic video

JavaScript

document.getElementById('myDiv').style.background = "black ";

I keep getting this error message in the console.

"Uncaught TypeError: Object #<HTMLDocument> has no method 'getElementByID'"

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Without a link to the code challenge you are having issues with someone would have guess which one it is, to be able to test out their solution.

Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points

Thank you, never mind i figured it out.

2 Answers

Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points
Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points

''' javascript document.getElementById('myDiv').style.background = "black "; '''

Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points
Gregory Carmen II
Gregory Carmen II
1,912 Points 
 document.getElementById('myDiv').style.background = "black ";