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How do you add an attribute to an h1 tag using JS onclick attribute?

I wanna add the "contenteditable" attribute to an h1 tag on the click of an image. Pls help meeeeee. https://code.sololearn.com/WgDnf24280i3/?ref=app

30th Jun 2019, 12:16 AM
Rishan [da_coder, semi-active]
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The following will work for you: function edit() { var h1 = document.querySelector("h1"); var set = h1.setAttribute("contenteditable", "true"); } When I looked at your code, that edit function was triggered by the click of a checkbox instead of an image but I'm sure you can handle listening to an image's click instead of the checkbox. The main things I fixed were: - fixed your document query. You had document.getElementById("h1") but h1 is the tag name and not an id attribute value. document.querySelector works instead. - in setAttribute, added a second parameter "true" because you need to specify 2 parameters to setAttribute. You might also get away with not using setAttribute and setting it like this: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/prop_html_contenteditable.asp - removed the "addAttribute" call since that method doesn't exist on document Element's.
30th Jun 2019, 5:20 AM
Josh Greig
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How do I remove the attribute when I click it again?
30th Jun 2019, 2:36 PM
Rishan [da_coder, semi-active]
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If you ever want to remove the attribute, call the removeAttribute method. For example: function toggleContentEditable() { var h1 = document.querySelector("h1"); if (h1.hasAttribute("contenteditable")) h1.removeAttribute("contenteditable"); else h1.setAttribute("contenteditable", "true"); } More explanation and code examples are at: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_element_removeattribute.asp
1st Jul 2019, 12:32 PM
Josh Greig
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