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Asked: 2026-06-15T05:40:56+00:00

I would like to return all the text inside a textarea or an input

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I would like to return all the text inside a textarea or an input as a variable on button click using jQuery or javascript.

A .select() function does not seem to do this, and spits out a lot of css properties when logged

How should I go about doing this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is it:

    <html>
<head>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#le_button").click(function() {
                var input_value = $("#le_input").val(); //get the value
                alert(input_value); //do what ever you want, it is on a variable
            });
    });
    </script>
</head>
<body>

<textarea id="le_input">lorem ipsum</textarea>
<button id="le_button">click me!</button>

</body>
</html>
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