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1,697 Pointswhy won't document.querySelector select 'input'?
I've also tried getElementById and querySelectorAll.
const inputValue = document.querySelector('input');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="content">
<label for="linkText">Link Text:</label>
<input type="text" id="linkText" value="sample text">
<p class="info"></p>
</div>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsAs the code is now, it does select the input element.
But the instructions ask you to assign the value and not the element itself.
John Lane
1,697 PointsJohn Lane
1,697 PointsAh. I see. Thank you!