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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

John Lane
John Lane
1,697 Points
Posted by John Lane
John Lane
1,697 Points

why won't document.querySelector select 'input'?

I've also tried getElementById and querySelectorAll.

app.js 
const inputValue = document.querySelector('input');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
      <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
      <div id="content">
        <label for="linkText">Link Text:</label>
        <input type="text" id="linkText" value="sample text">
        <p class="info"></p>
      </div>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

As the code is now, it does select the input element.
But the instructions ask you to assign the value and not the element itself.

John Lane
John Lane
1,697 Points
John Lane
John Lane
1,697 Points

Ah. I see. Thank you!