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

Posted by Daniel Palermo
Daniel Palermo
6,589 Points

Why is my code failing to Set the text content of the a tag to be the value stored in the variable inputValue?

I don't know if I am targeting the right HTML element. I've tried lots of different approaches. Can you help?

app.js 
let inputValue=document.getElementById('linkName').value;
let link = document.querySelctor('link');

link = inputValue;
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>

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi again! Review the question you asked earlier here. That code was entirely correct except for one small thing. All that was needed was to change get to query.

Give it another whirl with that code and make that one teensy correction. :sparkles:

Daniel Palermo
Daniel Palermo
6,589 Points
Daniel Palermo
Daniel Palermo
6,589 Points

Thank you.