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

Posted by harpreet singh gill
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harpreet singh gill
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 2,976 Points

Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue.

Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue.

app.js 
let inputValue = document.getElementById("linkName").value;
let inputValue = a.textContent.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

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

You need to select the anchor tag the same way you selected the input ID. Once you do that you can set the innerText of the anchor tag to be the value obtained from the input.

let inputValue = document.getElementById("linkName").value;
let anchorTag = document.getElementById("link");

anchorTag.innerText = inputValue;