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HTML HTML Forms HTML Mastery

Posted by Anna-Marie Barendt
Anna-Marie Barendt
3,003 Points

Set text box to contain "hello world"--Do you want the text box to present with hello world visible in text box?

I guess I am having probs with the word contain. I tried to set it as the defaultValue, but that didn't work.

2 Answers

Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points
Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points

I went through the challenge and it looks like it's trying to have you define the value of the input. Try something like:

<input type="text" value="Hello World">

The value="Hello World" sets the value. Hopefully that helps.

Anna-Marie Barendt
Anna-Marie Barendt
3,003 Points
Anna-Marie Barendt
Anna-Marie Barendt
3,003 Points

Hi Peter, Yes, they wanted "value" and I kept trying to put in "defaultValue"--for some reason that made more sense to me . . . but it is not what they wanted. I tend to overthink thinks sometimes, and actually looked up the W3C info on input--that is where I found "defaultValue". Thank you for you quick response, Anna-Marie

Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points
Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points

Sometimes overthinking can get you in trouble when it's a program looking over your work. I know I've scratched my head many times looking at a code challenge knowing that it should pass when it didn't. You're not alone, Anna-Marie. You're not alone.