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I have a text box:<br />
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&lt;input id=&quot;newAlbumName&quot; onBlur=&quot;alert('val='+docum<wbr />ent.getEle<wbr />mentById('<wbr />newAlbumNa<wbr />me').value<wbr />)&quot; &nbsp;type=text name='newAlbumName' value=&quot;1234&quot;&gt;<br />
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When the onBlur event is triggered, it alerts me with &quot;val=&quot;. &nbsp;Can anyone tell me how to get it to alert me with &quot;val=1234&quot;, or whatever the value of the text box is?<br />
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Thanks.
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I have a text box:

<input id="newAlbumName" onBlur="alert('val='+document.getElementById('newAlbumName').value)"  type=text name='newAlbumName' value="1234">

When the onBlur event is triggered, it alerts me with "val=".  Can anyone tell me how to get it to alert me with "val=1234", or whatever the value of the text box is?

Thanks.

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