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I have a contenteditable div inside jquery tab and I am trying to get the content using a button. When I click on button a javaScript function is getting called, inside the function I am trying to grt the content

HTML code

  <div id="tab1" contenteditable="true">
      <div>line no one</div>
      <div>line no one</div>
  </div>

JavaScript function

  alert($("tab1").text());
  alert($("tab1").html());

error

For text(); I am not getting any thing but for html(); it is showing Undefined

I am not able to guess whats wrong with the code... Any suggestions...

Answer 1

See you have missed # notation for id selector and make sure to have it wrapped in $(function(){...}) doc ready handler:

$(function(){
    alert($("#tab1").text());
    alert($("#tab1").html());
});

Answer 2

You need to use ID indication "#"

alert($("#tab1").text());
//       ^here

DEMO

Answer 3

jQuery expects a selector, not an id. "tab1" is a type selector, it matches <tab1> elements (which do not exist in HTML).

You can use an ID selector though: $("#tab1").

Answer 4

Are you using jquery?

Does it load proprely?

try this

   alert($("#tab1").text());
   alert($("#tab1").html());

you have to tell jquery that you are looking for an id with "#"