Question

var vehicleType = document.getElementById('Vehicle_Type');
var obj = vehicleType;
var objVal = obj.value;
var node = obj.parentNode;

I believe there’s some problem with obj.value….is there any way where i can get the DOM object of the element on the page called ‘Vehicle Type’?

Danke,

Answer 1

Both vehicleType and obj reference the actual DOM element, however the call to .value may not be appropriate.

Depending on what type of element this is, you may not actually have a .value property. The .value property is generally found on various form elements.

If you’re wanting to get the text contents of the element, you should instead try .textContent or .innerText instead.

Additionally, make sure you have your elements’ id attribute set properly. If you’re running the following:

document.getElementById('Vehicle_Type')

This will look for an element having the attribute id='Vehicle_Type'.