Question

I have the following input element on the page:

Search: <input id="example" />

I would like to capture the information the user enters in this box, when the user hits enter and display it on screen:

  $(window).keypress(function(e) {
      if(e.keyCode == 13) {
          $("input[name=example]").val().insertAfter('#example');
      }

The following results in an undefined:

$("input[name=example]").val() is undefined

How do you capture user inputed text?

Answer 1

You don’t have a name.

Use the # selector: $('#example')