I’m just wondering what the difference is between the two. I have noticed the two methods give different results at times.
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I’m just wondering what the difference is between the two. I have noticed the two methods give different results at times.
The difference is that
element.valueis real time and if a user changes let’s say, a textbox input, it will reflect that, and show you the new value.While
getAttribute('value')will still show the originalvalue="whateverWasHere"value.jsFiddle DEMO