Getting HTML form values and display on console in JavaScript?


To get HTML form values, use the value property. Let’s say the following is our input type −

<input type="text" id="getValues" value="My Name is John Smith" />

We need to display the above value “My name is John Smith” on console.

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/fontawesome/
4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="getValues" value="My Name is John Smith" />
<script>
   var originalvalue = document.getElementById("getValues").value;
   console.log("The value in the text box is ="+originalvalue);
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.

Output

This will produce the following output −


Updated on: 11-Sep-2020

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