document.getElementByID is not a function

Question

I\'m learning jQuery and was following a tutorial, a very strange error has perplexed me. Here\'s my html :

Answer 1

It's getElementById()

Note the lower-case d in Id.

Answer 2

In my case, I was using it on an element instead of document, and according to MDN:

Unlike some other element-lookup methods such as Document.querySelector() and Document.querySelectorAll(), getElementById() is only available as a method of the global document object, and not available as a method on all element objects in the DOM. Because ID values must be unique throughout the entire document, there is no need for "local" versions of the function.

Answer 3

I've modified your script to work with jQuery, if you wish to do so.

$(document).ready(function(){
    //To add a task when the user hits the return key
    $('#task-text').keydown(function(evt){
          if(evt.keyCode == 13)
          {
             add_task($(this), evt);
          }
    });
    //To add a task when the user clicks on the submit button
    $("#add-task").click(function(evt){
        add_task($("#task-text"),evt);
    });
});

function add_task(textBox, evt){
  evt.preventDefault();
  var taskText = textBox.val();
  $("<li />").text(taskText).appendTo("#tasks");
  textBox.val("");
};

Answer 4

It's document.getElementById() and not document.getElementByID(). Check the casing for Id.