HTML DOM Input Text value Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Text value property returns a string, which is the value of the value attribute of input Text. User can also set it to a new string.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning string value

inputTextObject.value

Setting value attribute to a string value

inputTextObject.value = ‘String’

Example

Let us see an example of Input Text value property −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Text value</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Text-value</legend>
<label for="TextSelect">Full Name:
<input type="Text" id="TextSelect">
<input type="button" onclick="getUserText('david')" value="David">
<input type="button" onclick="getUserText('shasha')" value="Shasha"><br>
<input type="button" onclick="login()" value="Login">
</label>
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputText = document.getElementById("TextSelect");
   function getUserText(userName) {
      if(userName === 'david')
         inputText.value = 'David Miller';
      else
         inputText.value = 'Shasha Green';
   }
   function login() {
      if(inputText.value !== '')
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Welcome '+inputText.value.split("@")[0];
      else
         divDisplay.textContent = 'Enter Valid Text';
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>