Writing a JavaScript Function - Exercise

Writing a JavaScript Function

Duration: 15 to 25 minutes.

In this exercise, you will modify a page called ColorMania.html, which will contain a form with four buttons. Each button will show the name of a color (e.g., red) and, when clicked, call a function that changes the background color. The buttons you will create will be of type button. For example,

<input type="button" value="red" onclick="functionCall();">

Open JavaScriptFunctions/Exercises/ColorMania.html for editing.
Write code to prompt the user for her name.
Write a function called changeBg() that changes the background color and then pops up an alert telling the user, by name, what the new background color is.
In the form, add four buttons that, when clicked, call the changeBg() function and pass it a color value.

The resulting page should look like this:

Code Sample:

JavaScriptFunctions/Exercises/ColorMania.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Colormania</title>
<script>
	//PROMPT USER FOR NAME
	
	/*
	Write a function called changeBg() that changes the background
	color and then pops up an alert telling the user, by name, what
	the new background color is.
	*/
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
	<!--ADD BUTTONS HERE-->
</form>
</body>
</html>

Challenge

Add another button called "custom" that, when clicked, prompts the user for a color, then changes the background color to the user-entered color and alerts the user to the change.

Solution:

JavaScriptFunctions/Solutions/ColorMania.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Colormania</title>
<script>
	var userName = prompt("Your name?", "");

	function changeBg(color){
		document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
		alert(userName + ", the background color is " + color + ".");
	}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
	<input type="button" value="red" onclick="changeBg('red');">
	<input type="button" value="green" onclick="changeBg('green');">
	<input type="button" value="blue" onclick="changeBg('blue');">
	<input type="button" value="orange" onclick="changeBg('orange');">
</form>
</body>
</html>

Challenge Solution:

JavaScriptFunctions/Solutions/ColorMania-challenge.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Colormania</title>
<script>
	var userName = prompt("Your name?", "");

	function changeBg(color){
		document.body.style.backgroundColor = color;
		alert(userName + ", the background color is " + color + ".");
	}
	
	function customBg(){
		var userColor = prompt("Choose a color:", "");
		changeBg(userColor);
	}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
	<input type="button" value="red" onclick="changeBg('red');">
	<input type="button" value="green" onclick="changeBg('green');">
	<input type="button" value="blue" onclick="changeBg('blue');">
	<input type="button" value="orange" onclick="changeBg('orange');">
	<input type="button" value="custom" onclick="customBg();">
</form>
</body>
</html>