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Laura Rodriguez
8,284 PointsConfuse again
Following the instruction it should work in this way: $('button').click(function() { // Write code here $('#name-input').val('newName') }); I got check in www.w3schools.com, and they provide a closer example, which is totally similar, but it is not working $("button").click(function(){ $("input:text").val("Glenn Quagmire"); }); });
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2>
<p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>
<label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
<button>Change</button>
<script
src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
$('button').click(function() {
// Write code here
$('#name-input').val('newName')
});
4 Answers
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Laura Rodriguez,
You are almost there but you appear to have misread what the first task is asking for, let's review the task.
- Use jQuery’s
val()method to get the value of the text input with the ID ofname-input - Save it to a variable named
newName
So what you are been asked to do is retrieve the value of the field name-input and store it in a variable called newName. Going back to basics, JavaScript variables begin most commonly with the var keyword followed by the name and the assigned value.
Instead, you are overwriting the value of name-input with newName which is the opposite of what the challenge expects. Looking at the .val() method in jQuery, we can retrieve the value of an input field simply by calling this method on our name-input field.
Hope that helps.
Laura Rodriguez
8,284 PointsHi Chris,
I still there ...I tried the following
$('button').click(function(newName) { // Write code here $('#name-input').val(newName) }); When I create the variable separated it is not working : var:newName;
Laura Rodriguez
8,284 PointsI got the solution!
$('button').click(function() { // Write code here const newName = $('#name-input').val(); $('#name-input').html("#name-input"); });
Thank you!
Laura Rodriguez
8,284 Pointsand the second part:
$('button').click(function() { // Write code here const newName = $('#name-input').val(); $('#name-input').html("#name-input"); $(".profile-name").text(newName);
});