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JavaScript

what's wrong with my code it says Cannot read property 'addEventListener' of null

const togleList = document.getElementById('toggleList'); const listDiv = document.querySelector('.list'); const descriptionInput = document.querySelector('input.description'); const descriptionP = document.querySelector('p.description'); const descriptionButton = document.querySelector('button.description'); const addItemInput = document.querySelector('input.addItemInput'); const addItemButton = document.querySelector('button.addItemButton');

togleList.addEventListener('click', () => { if (listDiv.style.display == 'none') { togleList.textContent = 'hide list'; listDiv.style.display = 'block'; }else { togleList.textContent = 'show list'; listDiv.style.display = 'none'; }

});

descriptionButton.addEventListener('click', () => { descriptionP.innerHTML = descriptionInput.value + ':'; });

addItemButton.addEventListener('click', () => { let ul = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0]; let li = document.createElement('li'); li.textContent = addItemInput.value; ul.appendChild(li); } );

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Now that I can see the whole thing, it's an identifier mismatch. The script refers to "addItemButton" (capital "B"), but in the HTML the button class is "addItembutton" (lower-case "b").

There's a similar issue with "removeItemButton" and "removeItembutton".

thankx man

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The script seems OK, perhaps the problem is in the HTML part of the code (not shown here).

You can share your entire project at once if you make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.