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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

Dione Marshall
Dione Marshall
6,184 Points
Posted by Dione Marshall
Dione Marshall
6,184 Points

How am I supposed to Finish Exercise 2 if it is asking me to store two different inputs into the same variable name?

It says set the text content to the same variable as Exercise 1.

let inputValue=document.querySelector('input').value;

app.js 
let inputValue=document.querySelector('a').textContent;
let inputValue=document.querySelector('input').value;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
            <label>Link Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="linkName">
            <a id="link" href="https://teamtreehouse.com"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Only the first task asks you to store anything in the variable.

Task 2 is the other way around, it asks you put that value into a property of an element tag.

Task 2:
"Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue."

Dione Marshall
Dione Marshall
6,184 Points
Dione Marshall
Dione Marshall
6,184 Points

Thank you my friend

document.querySelector('a').textContent=inputValue;