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

Posted by Krystal Jackson
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points

Value of the input text isn't set to linkName

Trying to complete this task, tried with the query selector, get by id, and four other ways but still getting the same error message

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>
app.js 
let input=document.querySelector("#linkName");
let linkName=input.textContent;

1 Answer

Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points

Hey there, here is some commented code that I hope will help you out.

// grab the value of the <input> with id 'linkName'
let linkName = document.querySelector("#linkName").value;
// grab the <a> with id 'link'
let link = document.querySelector('#link');
// change the text content of link to linkName
link.textContent = linkName;
Krystal Jackson
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points

thanks for a quick response, I figured it out already I had interpreted the task wrong.