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JavaScript

Posted by Thomas Scott
Thomas Scott
7,682 Points

Does input.type only work if you have "selected" it beforehand in the code with the document.querySelector() ?

Or does it work because you defined the variable "input" by selecting it ?

if you had defined the variable input2 = document.querySelector('input'); would the javascript code need to be adjusted to input2.type in the console in order to bring the value of the type?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The querySelector method gives you a reference to the element itself. If you then want to access a property of the element, you attach the property using the membership operator (period), as in your example of input2.type to reference the "type" property.

Thomas Scott
Thomas Scott
7,682 Points
Thomas Scott
Thomas Scott
7,682 Points

Thanks !