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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Getting and Setting Text with textContent and innerHTML

Posted by yang cheng
yang cheng
5,417 Points

What is ".value"?

In the video Guil typed

p.textContent = input.value + ':';

I understand textContent is a property of the node but what is value? From my understanding input is an HTML element so value must be a property of that??

Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 27,918 Points

This resource might help clear things up. The value of the input is what a user enters into the input. Hope that helps!

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yang cheng
yang cheng
5,417 Points
yang cheng
yang cheng
5,417 Points

Ah so only input elements have a "value". Thanks!!