JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Andrew Gerst

HTML

<div id="textContainer">This is a simple text in the container.</div>
<button onclick="GetTextNode()">Get the contents of the container</button>

JavaScript

function GetTextNode(){
    var textContainer = document.getElementById("textContainer");
    var textNode = textContainer.firstChild;
    alert(textNode.data);
}