Get value from div with [removed] Always get undefined [duplicate]

Answer 1

HTML Elements and HTMLInputElements are different things.

The value attribute is present in HTMLInputElement in HTMLInputElement Reference

div elements are HTMLElement

If you change your div to input your Javascript will work fine.

The option is to use innerHTML as said in another answer but be aware that this could be HTML fragment at times if you don't control the HTML or over time forget the Javascript and can lead to defects as things.

FYI plain elements attribute reference(there is no value)

Answer 2

I think it's important to note that even if <div> was a HTMLInputElement you would still keep getting undefined because your div,

<div class='message'  id='editor' contenteditable="true" onkeyUp='sync()' style="color: black"></div>

Has no value attribute, here is an example of a div with a value attribute:

<div class='message'  id='editor' value='hello'></div>

However, as mentioned in other answers, even though you have entered a value it, .value will still return undefined because <div> is a HTML element and not a HTMLInputElement.

If you really need to store some information in the value of the div you can always do something like this:

<div id="mydiv"></div>
<script>document.getElementById('mydiv').value='hello';</script>

Right after the div loads, you force 'hello' as the value.

The only reason you'd do this is if you really want to store data within the div's value and can't store it within the innerHTML because the div is visible.

If you want to store the information within your div like this:

<div id="editor">all the information i want to store</div>

Then document.getElementById('editor').innerHTML; is the correct solution, but remember that users will be able to see the information on the webpage.

Answer 3

Try this

var n1 = document.getElementById('editor').innerHTML; // or innerText, or textContent