How do I display text given (by the person writing in an input box in my page) somewhere else in my page?

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Hello,

I know I can reproduce what is written in input boxes in other input boxes --- like with "shipping" and "billing" addresses.

However, I haven't been able to make it so I can present that entered data somewhere else - like when people enter data on a website and then there answers show up in "Settings."

What I have tried:

I tried adding: "document.getElementById("text").value=(shippingZip.value);"

to a function --- with "<p id="text"></p>" in the HTML

But that didn't work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Best,
Matt

Posted 28-Oct-19 11:39am

mattkrebs

Updated 28-Oct-19 17:47pm

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Visweswaran N · Answer 1 · 2019-10-28T17:47:00

Paragraph tag does not have "value" attribute like input tags.

You can use "textContent" below is an example code on how to use it.

HTML

<!-- SWAMI KARUPPASWAMI THUNNAI -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Javascript Example</title>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		// Changes text from the input box to paragraph
		function changeText()
		{
			let text_value = document.getElementById("input_box").value;
			document.getElementById("text").textContent = text_value;
		}
	</script>
</head>
<body>
	<p id="text">You will see the changed text here<br/></p>
	<input type="text" name="input_box" id="input_box">
	<button type="button" onclick="changeText();">CHANGE TEXT</button>
</body>
</html>

function changeText will take the value from input and sets it into paragraph tag. You may run the code in your browser for better understanding.

Warning: Do not use innerHTML for this purpose, it may seem to work but inputs like

XSS

may lead cross site scripting vulnerability.