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Asked: 2026-06-12T09:38:42+00:00

I’m making a short simple html quiz with the help of some javascript. The

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I’m making a short simple html quiz with the help of some javascript. The problem is I don’t want to use <input> to accept the answers and I’m looking for an alternative. The javascript runs the input against the tags ID. Would it be possible to use another tag with contenteditable. I want the box to say “type answer here”. If the javascript checks ID1, could I have something like,

<p id="id1" contenteditable="true">Type answer here</p>

Instead of

<input type="text" id="id1">

It seems ok in theory but when I test it it’s like it’s not running what I typed in against the javascript. Any suggestions?

Update: I’m guessing it’s not working because perhaps contenteditable doesn’t actually change the text in the tag. Any alternatives / workarounds to the tag. Thanks 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    Non-form elements don’t have a value property in JavaScript. You’ll have to use either innerHTML or textContent (depending on whether you want to preserve HTML tags or not) to get the value.

    ↪ View an example at JSFiddle

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