JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<form onsubmit="checkForm()">
    Password: <input type="text" name="pwd" value="DEFAULT PASSWORD">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

JavaScript

var form = document.forms[0];
    var selectElement = form.querySelector('input[name="pwd"]');
    var selectedValue = selectElement.value;

    alert(selectedValue);