Unable to get the value of Textarea

[elabuwa]

Hi guys,

 

My brain is not working. May be I need a coffee break.

I need your expertise.

 

Below is the code holding the textarea.

Look for the element with the id : themessage

<table width="100%" border="0">
<tr><td rowspan="4"><input type="button" name="send_email" id="send_email" style="height:50px; width:100px;" value="SEND" onClick="return err_check();" /></td><td><span class="que">From : </span></td><td colspan="3"><?php echo $from_email; ?><input type="hidden" name="from_mail" id="from_mail" value="<?php echo $from_email;?>"/><input type="hidden" name="camp_id" id="camp_id" value="<?php echo $camp_id;?>"/></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="que">To : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input name="to_email" id="to_email" style="width:250px;" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="que">CC : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input name="cc_email" id="cc_email" style="width:250px;"/></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="que">Subject : </span></td><td colspan="3"><input style="width:300px;" name="subject" id="subject" /></td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="2"> </td><td><input type="checkbox" name="ori_pdf" id="ori_pdf" /> PDF Quotation</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><span class="que">Credit Application</span></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="corporate" id="corporate"/>Corporate</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="individual" id="individual" />Individual</td><td><input type="checkbox" name="cash" id="cash" />Cash Account</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="3"></td><td><input type="checkbox" name="tabloid" id="tabloid" />Tabloid Example</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="broadsheet" id="broadsheet" />Broadsheet Example</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="checkbox" name="colmt" id="colmt" />Column Sizes Tabloid</td>

<td><input type="checkbox" name="colmb" id="colmb" />Column Sizes Broadsheet</td></tr>
<tr><td><input type="checkbox" name="maps" id="maps" />Maps / Distribution</td><td colspan="2" align="right">External Attachments  <input id="upload_file" name="upload_file" type="file"/> </td></tr>

<tr><td colspan="2"><span class="que">Message :</span></td><td colspan="3">
<textarea id="themessage" name="themessage" rows="15" cols="80" style="width: 100%">
</textarea>
</td></tr>
</table>

 

Now on a button click, I'm trying to pass some values which one of them happens to be what ever that is entered in the textarea.

For some reason, the stupid JS is not reading. But I think it is me that is stupid, not JS.

 

Below is the code i'm running to get the value.

 

var message = document.getElementById('themessage').value;
alert(message);

 

The alert simply returns blank.

There is an alert, but no value even where there is text in the text area.

 

Can someone please shed some light on this.

pretty please

[The Little Guy]

There has to be something else in the javascript that your not showing use, because that works perfectly fine for me. Somewhere you must be setting message to something empty.