Set the value of an input field

How would you set the default value of a form <input> text field in JavaScript?

This is one way of doing it:

document.getElementById("nameofid").value = "My value";

I use 'setAttribute' function:

<input type="text" id="example"> // Setup text field 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
  document.getElementById("example").setAttribute('value','My default value');
</script>

if your form contains an input field like

<input type='text' id='id1' />

then you can write the code in javascript as given below to set its value as

document.getElementById('id1').value='text to be displayed' ; 

If you are using multiple forms, you can use:

<form name='myForm'>
    <input type='text' name='name' value=''>
</form>

<script type="text/javascript"> 
    document.forms['myForm']['name'].value = "New value";
</script>

Try out these.

document.getElementById("current").value = 12

// or

var current = document.getElementById("current");
current.value = 12

2021 Answer

Instead of using document.getElementById() you can now use document.querySelector() for different cases

more info from another StackOverflow answer: > querySelector lets you find elements with rules that can't be > expressed with getElementById and getElementsByClassName

EXAMPLE:

document.querySelector('input[name="myInput"]').value = 'Whatever you want!';

or

let myInput = document.querySelector('input[name="myInput"]');
myInput.value = 'Whatever you want!';

Test:

document.querySelector('input[name="myInput"]').value = 'Whatever you want!';

<input type="text" name="myInput" id="myInput" placeholder="Your text">

The answer is really simple

// Your HTML text field

<input type="text" name="name" id="txt">

//Your javascript

<script type="text/javascript"> 
document.getElementById("txt").value = "My default value";
</script>

Or if you want to avoid JavaScript entirely: You can define it just using HTML

<input type="text" name="name" id="txt" value="My default value">

<input id="a_name" type="text" />

Here is the solution using jQuery:

$(document).ready(function(){
  $('#a_name').val('something');
});

Or, using JavaScript:

document.getElementById("a_name").value = "Something";

Happy coding :)

The simple answer is not in Javascript the simplest way to get the placeholder is through the place holder attribute

<input type="text" name="text_box_1" placeholder="My Default Value" />

document.getElementById("fieldId").value = "Value";

or

document.forms['formId']['fieldId'].value = "Value";

or

document.getElementById("fieldId").setAttribute('value','Value');

It's simple; An example is:

<input type="text" id="example"> // Setup text field 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
var elem = document.getElementById("example"); // Get text field
elem.value = "My default value"; // Change field
</script>

This does works for me

//HTML
<div id="mytext">Some Text Value</div>

// JavaScript
document.getElementById("mytext").value = "My value";

If the field for whatever reason only has a name attribute and nothing else, you can try this:

document.getElementsByName("INPUTNAME")[0].value = "TEXT HERE";

<form>
  <input type="number"  id="inputid"  value="2000" />
</form>


<script>
var form_value = document.getElementById("inputid").value;
</script>    

You can also change the default value to a new value

<script>
document.getElementById("inputid").value = 4000;     
</script>

This part you use in html

<input id="latitude" type="text" name="latitude"></p>

This is javaScript:

<script>
document.getElementById("latitude").value=25;
</script>

You can also try:

document.getElementById('theID').value = 'new value';

Direct access

If you use ID then you have direct access to input in JS global scope

myInput.value = 'default_value'

<input id="myInput">

The following code work perfectly well:

var $div = ('#js-div-hour input');
$div.attr('value','2022/01/10');