Kevin Powell - Community•8mo ago

the a tag is not appearing

in the javascript code before i added text.innerHTML = "Hello world and welcome"; the username.innerHTML = name was working normally and now it does not. it just disappears unless i remove text.innerHTML = "Hello world and welcome";

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YidoOP•8mo ago

https://codepen.io/SirYido/pen/JjVBXvg

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MarkBoots•8mo ago

well, this is your html

<p id="text">
  Click the text above!
  <a id="username"></a>
</p>

<p id="text">
  Click the text above!
  <a id="username"></a>
</p>

as soon as you set the innerhtml of text to Hello world and welcome the html becomes

<p id="text">Hello world and welcome</p>

<p id="text">Hello world and welcome</p>

So, the <a> does not exist anymore, because you just changed the entire inner html put the text inside a span and it's easier to manage

<p>
  <span id="text">Click the text above!</span>
  <a id="username"></a>
</p>

<p>
  <span id="text">Click the text above!</span>
  <a id="username"></a>
</p>

  const text = document.querySelector("#text");
  const username = document.querySelector("#username");
  
  //instead of innerHTML, it's safer to use innerText
  text.innerText = "Hello world and welcome"
  username.innerText = name;

  const text = document.querySelector("#text");
  const username = document.querySelector("#username");
  
  //instead of innerHTML, it's safer to use innerText
  text.innerText = "Hello world and welcome"
  username.innerText = name;

YidoOP•8mo ago

its works! thank you :)

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