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Tevi Lawson
5,645 PointsI'm not sure where to go from here
What's missing?
var inputValue = document.getElementById('inputValue');
<!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>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsYour code is looking for an element with an id of "inputValue", but if you look at the HTML file, the id of the text input element is "linkName".
Also, you don't need a reference to the element itself, but you want to access the element's value property.
Tevi Lawson
5,645 PointsThank you Steven
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsTevi Lawson — Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!
Adomas Domeika
6,151 PointsAdomas Domeika
6,151 PointsUsing
document.getElementById, you are selecting the element by its ID. You don't have any elements wit the ID ofinputValue. What you need to do is -getElementById('linkName'), because that's what was asked to select, and if you want its value, you can use the.valuemethod at the end of yourgetElementById().