How do I get the value from a text box

[stuwestgate]

Can you tell me why it won't work or what will work.
This is what I want to do:

1. When I click on the submit button
2. Get the value inputed into the text box by the user
3. If the value in the text box is equal to "small"
4. alert("The value equals small");

This is my codeWhy won't it work)

JavaScript:
<script type="text/javascript">
var checkValue = document.getElementById('text').value;
function checkNameOfVideo()
{
if(checkValue == "small"){
alert("The value equal small");
}
}
</script>

HTML:
<form>
<label for="text"><input id="text" type="text" name="text" placeholder="GoPro Video Search" required></label>
<label><input id="submit" type="button" name="submit" tabindex="5" value="Search" onClick="checkNameOfVideo"></label>
</form>

Thanks Stuart

[devnull69]

1,2,3,4 is what you wanted to do, but you did 2,1,3,4

Move the "getting" of the value into the function and it will do the trick.

[Hawaii]

The code is free of error i think.

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by Hawaii

The code is free of error i think.

You ought not to make such rash pronouncments. There are two major errors.

<script type="text/javascript">
var checkValue = document.getElementById('text').value;

As devnull has pointed out, the OP is trying to capture the value of the variable checkValue at the moment the script runs, on page load. At that moment the element "text" does not exist. Even if it did it would be "" (blank).

He has also missed out the brackets in onClick="checkNameOfVideo()"

Note also that "Small" or "sMaLL or "SMALL" is not the same as "small". The comparison should be with the input value .toLowerCase()


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