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how to set backgroundImage with javascript
function myFunction2() {
  for (let i=1; i < 3; i++){
    if (i<2){
      var numhex = (Math.random() * 0xfffff * 1000000).toString(16);
      var hex1 = '#' + numhex.slice(0, 6);
      // return hex1;
      // console.log(hex1);
    }
    else {
      var numhex = (Math.random() * 0xfffff * 1000000).toString(16);
      var hex2 = '#' + numhex.slice(0, 6);
      // return hex2;
      // console.log(hex2);
    }
    
  }
  // document.getElementById("container").style.backgroundImage = "linear-gradient(to right, " + {hex1} + ", " + {hex2} + ")";
  document.getElementById("container").setProperty("background-image", "linear-gradient(to right, " + {hex1} + ", " + {hex2});
  document.getElementById("description").innerHTML = "The code of the color is: linear-gradient( 270deg, " + hex1 + ", " + hex2 + " );";
};

Hello, I am trying to set two colors for linear-gradient as parameters inside a specific element's background-image property, but it seems that something is wrong with my setProperty. Everything is working fine except this line of code. I've also tried it with style.backgroundImage with no result. I am new to js. Thanks in advance

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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First, here is a tip: never use 'var', use 'let' instead. There is no setProperty() function in JS, you need to use element.style["style you want to change"] = "what you want to change it to". And, you should not wrap the variables in '{}'s, or they become not variables, so the code should be:

function myFunction2() {
  for (let i=1; i < 3; i++){
    if (i<2){
      var numhex = (Math.random() * 0xfffff * 1000000).toString(16);
      var hex1 = '#' + numhex.slice(0, 6);
      // return hex1;
      // console.log(hex1);
    }
    else {
      var numhex = (Math.random() * 0xfffff * 1000000).toString(16);
      var hex2 = '#' + numhex.slice(0, 6);
      // return hex2;
      // console.log(hex2);
    }
    
  }
  document.getElementById("container").style["background-image"] = "linear-gradient(to right, " + hex1 + ", " + hex2 + ")";
  document.getElementById("description").innerHTML = "The code of the color is: linear-gradient( 270deg, " + hex1 + ", " + hex2 + " );";
};

Also, if you are using a div, you have to define height too.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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Use below code . It worked

document.getElementById('container').style.background = `linear-gradient(to right, ${hex1} , ${hex2} )`;
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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