HTMLOutputElement: value property

{{ APIRef("HTML DOM") }}

The value property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLOutputElement")}} interface represents the value of the {{htmlelement("output")}} element as a string, or the empty string if no value is set. It returns or sets the contents of the element, similar to the {{domxref("Node.textContent","textContent")}} property.

[!NOTE] When the value property of an <output> element is set, the element goes into value mode and the default value is accessible only through the {{DOMXref("HTMLOutputElement.defaultValue")}} property.

Value

A string containing the contents of the {{htmlelement("output")}} element.

Examples

const outputElement = document.getElementById("log");
console.log(`value: ${outputElement.value}`);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("output")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLOutputElement.defaultValue")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLOutputElement.labels")}}
• {{DOMXref("HTMLOutputElement.htmlFor")}}