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Asked: 2026-05-24T02:54:36+00:00

Can someone tell me or show me how to pass information from a HTML

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Can someone tell me or show me how to pass information from a HTML page to a linked .js file? 

<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="../javascripts/script.js"></script>
</head>

<form name="form1">
    <input type="text" name="input1" value autofocus="on">
    <button onClick= "chrome.tabs.create({url: getURL()});">Go</button>
</form>

This is part of a form I want to be completed, and the input value taken, combined with a pre-existing URL, and the end result opened in a new tab

function getURL()
{
    var site = "http://www.example.com/query?f=";
    var input = document.form1.input1.value
    var output = site + input;
    return output;
}

This is the function I’ll be using, but I can’t work out or don’t know yet how to link the input variable to the input1 form value. The .js file is linked, rather than inside the actual HTML file.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Elements with their IDs or names automatically mapped to hierarchically-organised properties under document, as in document.name1.name2, is a long-deprecated practice and doesn’t occur unless your document triggers quirks mode. Add an ID to the input element then use

    var input = document.getElementById('input_id_goes_here').value;

    instead.

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