document.getElementByID is not a function
I'm learning jQuery and was following a tutorial, a very strange error has perplexed me. Here's my html :
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title> Simple Task List </title>
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script src="task-list.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="tasks">
</ul>
<input type="text" id="task-text" />
<input type="submit" id="add-task" />
</body>
</html>
and The jQuery :
$(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(document.getElementByID("task-text"),evt);
});
});
function add_task(textBox, evt){
evt.preventDefault();
var taskText = textBox.value;
$("<li>").text(taskText).appendTo("#tasks");
textBox.value = "";
};
When I add elements By hitting the return key, there's no problem. But When I click the Submit Button then firebug shows this error
document.getElementByID is not a function
[Break On This Error] add_task(document.getElementByID("task-text"),evt);
task-list.js (line 11)
I tried to use jQuery instead replacing it with
$("#task-text")
This time the error is :
$("<li>").text(taskText).appendTo is not a function
[Break On This Error] $("<li>").text(taskText).appendTo("#tasks");
task-list.js (line 18
which results in the following error
I've been trying to debug this for some time but i just don't get it. Its probably a really silly mistake that i've made. Any help is most appreciated.
Edit : I'm using jQuery 1.6.1
Answer
It's document.getElementById() and not document.getElementByID(). Check the casing for Id.