How to get the value of a textbox using jQuery?

Question

I can get the element like this $("#name") but I'm not sure how to get the actual value.

Answer 1

Use .val()

$('#name').val();

The above is getter and to set, do the below:

$('#name').val('yourname');

Answer 2

It is very simple, use the val method of jquery.

$('#name').val();