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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Joseph McGreene
Joseph McGreene
12,754 Points
Posted by Joseph McGreene
Joseph McGreene
12,754 Points

Why is this not a valid way to select an element?

I MUST be missing something. I have tried selecting an element from the document in every way I have learned/can remember, and every time I "Recheck Work" it spits back the same error message: Make sure that you assign a '<p>' element to 'newParagraph'.

IS there a specific way of doing this that exercise is fishing for? Because if so, I must not remember how to do it...

app.js 
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph = document.getElementsByTagName('p');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
          <p>Hello</p>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

You need to create <p> element 

var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
Joseph McGreene
Joseph McGreene
12,754 Points
Joseph McGreene
Joseph McGreene
12,754 Points

Ohhh. I understand. I totally get it now. I was just completely misunderstanding the challenge. Thank you so much!