How to get textbox value

Dear All,

My textbox ID is TextBox1, How to get its value?

I tried:

var mytext = document.getElementById("TextBox1");
or
var mytext = document.getElementById("TextBox1").value;

no luck

I think you just helped me figure out my problem!

I'm not sure, but I think the variable has to be the same as the id:

var TextBox1 = document.getElementById("TextBox1").value;

I could be wrong about that. Also, what I have seen is single quotes, not double so try:

var TextBox1 = document.getElementById('TextBox1').value;

Not sure if that makes a difference or not either.

I'm gonna try changing my var names now to see if it works!

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by newjavascript

var mytext = document.getElementById("TextBox1").value;

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Is correct.

Don't execute the code until the element is rendered.

Use the error console.

If it still doesn't work, post your entire code including HTML.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by dubmecrazy

I think you just helped me figure out my problem!

I'm not sure, but I think the variable has to be the same as the id

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It certainly does not have to be the same. In fact if (for whatever reason) you're using a global variable, it should not match the ID of any element, due to IDs being treated in some cases as global variables.