I have a textarea tag that takes in values to use for something else. When I press on a key, the value of it is an empty string. However, the keys pressed after the first key show up just fine. For instance, if I type, "hello" the value would be, "ello". I want it so the value of the first key would show up.
Here's my code,
const editor = document.getElementById(‘editor’);
editor.addEventListener('keydown', (event => {
let value = editor.value;
console.log(value);
}));
This is my HTML for the textarea, in case if needed,
<textarea autofocus id="editor"></textarea>
Thanks.
To see all the characters as you type use the keyup rather than keydown as the event type.
editor.addEventListener('keyup',function(e) {
let value = this.value;
let preview=document.getElementById('preview');
console.log(value);
preview.innerHTML=value;
});<textarea autofocus id="editor"></textarea>
<div id='preview'></div>