The Div object represents an HTML <div> element.
We can access a <div> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myDIV");
Click the button to get the content of the div element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <div id="myDIV">This is a div element.</div> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//from w w w . ja v a 2 s .c o m var x = document.getElementById("myDIV").innerHTML; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>