1<input id="input" />
2<div id="div" contenteditable="true">Text in DIV</div>
3<p id="p" contenteditable="true">Text in paragraph</p>
4<script type="text/javascript">
5 // function to get text from HTML element
6 function getText(id) {
7 // if element is input then return the value
8 if (document.getElementById(id).nodeName === "INPUT") {
9 return document.getElementById(id).value;
10 }
11 // otherwise return the textContent
12 return document.getElementById(id).textContent;
13 }
14 // print the current values
15 console.log(getText("div"));
16 console.log(getText("p"));
17</script>