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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Andre Lightfoot
Andre Lightfoot
3,749 Points
Posted by Andre Lightfoot
Andre Lightfoot
3,749 Points

Why isn't .appendChild working?

Can someone please explain to me why my JS code on line 4 will not work for step 3 of this challenge?

I thought I could:

1) Select the contentDiv variable 2) Call the .appendChild (to contentDiv) method followed by the element I am trying to append to it (newParagraph ((which also happens to be a variable?))

Clearly I am missing something...any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

app.js 
const contentDiv = document.getElementById("content");
let newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
newParagraph.className = "panel"
contentDiv.appendChild('newParagrah');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">

        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

asd asdf
asd asdf
Courses Plus Student 298 Points

First, you need a semicolon ; at the end of your 3rd line. Then, you need to remove the quotation marks around newParagraph in the last line because it's a variable name, not a string. Lastly you need to fix the typo in newParagrah since you are missing a 'p'.

Andre Lightfoot
Andre Lightfoot
3,749 Points
Andre Lightfoot
Andre Lightfoot
3,749 Points

That was it...thanks a million....