How do you make a button that adds text in HTML ?

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

Let’s say the following is our HTML button −

<button id="clickButton">Click the button to add the input into the belowText Box</button>

Use document.getElementById() to add a text in <input> on button click. Following is the code −

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>
</head>
<body>
<button id="clickButton">Click the button to add the input into the
below Text Box</button>
<br/><br />
<input id="readTheInput" />
<script>
   document.getElementById("clickButton").addEventListener("click", () =>{
      document.getElementById("readTheInput").value += "JavaScript";
   });
</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.