getValue of ui.textarea, Methods Webix Docs

returns the current value of the control

string getValue();

string

the current value of the control

Example

webix.ui({
    view:"form", 
    elements:[
        { view:"button", id:"b1", value:"Edit", css:"webix_primary" },
        { view:"button", id:"b2", value:"Back", css:"webix_primary" }
    ]
});
 
$$("b1").getValue(); // returns "Edit"

Details

The returned value of the control may be:

text value in the input text and textarea field;
selected item like date in calendar and color in the colorboard;
state of the two-state control (checkbox, radio, toggle);
selected option of integral buttons (tabbar, tabview, segmented);
selected option of select, richselect, and combo;
string with selected options of a multiselect and multicombo control.