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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu Setting a value

daniel Couzens
daniel Couzens
4,759 Points
Posted by daniel Couzens
daniel Couzens
4,759 Points

what is the correct code for this question?

can anyone help?

js/app.js 
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");

//Select Input with the id of #fullName

//Insert value in to full name input
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<label for="fullName">Full Name</label><input id="fullName" name="fullName" value="" disabled>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

In JQuery, selecting an element by id just means putting a pound-sign (#) in front of the id, quoting the whole thing, and passing it as an argument to JQuery (which can be abbreviated as just a dollar-sign ($)).

Setting a value is done with the JQuery object method .val(), and passing it the value you want to set.

So, combining those you get something like this:

$("#fullName").val(fullName);

FYI: Technically, the selector asked for would be input#fullName, but since id's must be unique, simply #fullName will do.