Question

I’m using google maps api to have a map show up on my website where visitors can also find directions. I have a starting point setup and an end point. Both are text areas. The start is empty, but I want the end point to be populated with the address from a div that I already have in the page. I have the javascript as:

var address = document.getElementById(“address”).innerText.replace(/\n/g, ” “);

It works in Chrome, but Firefox shows the text in the endpoint box as ‘undefined.’ And Firebug is giving me –

document.getElementById(“address”).innerText is undefined
[Break On This Error] var address = document.getElementB…ress”).innerText.replace(/\n/g, ” “);

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

try using innerHTML instead of innerText.

if that doesn’t work how you want it to, try:

var address = element.innerText || element.textContent;