Is anyone else having trouble grabbing the input value using.value?
I usually do it like this, but doesn't seem to be working.
const getVal = document.getElementById('newtext').value;
const getBtn = document.getElementById('btn');
getBtn.addEventListener('click',displayNewText);
function displayNewText(){
return document.getElementById('displaytext').innerHTML = getVal;
console.log(getVal);
}
<script src="index.js" defer></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is my first note</h1>
<input id="newtext" type="text" value=""><br>
<button id="btn">Press Me</button>
<h3 id="displaytext"></h3>
You have to get.value when the function is called and console.log will never show after the return statement, so to debug do it before.
const getVal = document.getElementById('newtext');
const getBtn = document.getElementById('btn');
getBtn.addEventListener('click',displayNewText);
function displayNewText(){
console.log("im working yey")
return document.getElementById('displaytext').innerHTML = getVal.value;
}
The problem is that you're getting value once your code gets excuted.. hence, value = ""
To solve this problem, you have to get value whenever the button is clicked
so, just move getVal inside the function
const getBtn = document.getElementById('btn'); getBtn.addEventListener('click', displayNewText); function displayNewText() { const getVal = document.getElementById('newtext').value; return document.getElementById('displaytext').innerHTML = getVal; }
<h1>This is my first note</h1> <input id="newtext" type="text" value=""><br> <button id="btn">Press Me</button> <h3 id="displaytext"></h3>
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