You can also get the value like this:
var x = sessionStorage["test1"];
This example demonstrates how you can get the value of a specified session storage item.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <button onclick="createItem()">Create session storage item</button> <button onclick="myFunction()">Get the item value</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function createItem() {/* w w w . j a v a 2s .co m*/ sessionStorage.test1 = "hello"; } function myFunction() { var x = sessionStorage["test1"]; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>