HTML DOM nodeValue Property

Last Updated : 28 Jul, 2025

The HTML DOM nodeValue Property is used to describe the property of a given node. It is used to set or get the nodeValue in Any Html document. Prerequisites DOM (Document Object Model)

Syntax:

let x = document.getElementById("nodeId").firstChild;
x.nodeType;
x.nodeName;
x.nodeValue;

Parameters: No parameters are required.

Return value: The HTML nodeValue property returns the following type of values

null: for element and document nodes.
attribute value: for any attribute.
content: for any text node or comment node.

Example: Following example create a paragraph tag which is "divId" and provide a button that produces paragraph tag properties and returns its value to a tag whose id is "GeeksForGeeks".

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        HTML | DOM nodeValue Property
    </title>
</head>
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <p>
            Click the button get the node value of
            the first button element in the document.
        </p>
        <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
        <p id="geeks"></p>
        <script>
            function myFunction() {
                let g = document.getElementsByTagName("BUTTON")[0];
                let f = g.childNodes[0].nodeValue;
                document.getElementById("geeks").innerHTML = f;
            }
        </script>
    </center>
</body>
</html>