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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM A Simple Example

Posted by Katarzyna W贸jtowicz
Katarzyna W贸jtowicz
Courses Plus Student 4,842 Points

Why myHeading doesn't turn red?

I followed the instructions and created exactly the same code as per example, that's my code - no idea what's wrong, could you please help?

const myHeading = document.getElementById("myHeading");

myHeading.addEventListener("click", () => { myHeading.style.color = "red";
});

Martin Balon
Martin Balon
43,433 Points

Hi Katarzyna,

your code works - maybe you have typo in your html? Check the h1 id.

1 Answer

Elizabeth Hahn
Elizabeth Hahn
21,034 Points
Elizabeth Hahn
Elizabeth Hahn
21,034 Points

I had the same problem, and then I noticed that <script src = "app.js></script> (in index.html) was missing its other quotation mark, like how I've typed it here. Since we had to create the app.js file and add the script tag ourselves, it is easy to miss something like closing brackets or the other closing quotation mark.