Visualforce Page to Component JavaScript client side communication

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Written By Abhinav Gupta

On many occasions we might need to access some HTML DOM element inside a component from page using JavaScript. Example scenarios can be page fetching value of text field inside a component using JavaScript.

Though best is using native visualforce tags and server side communication as described here : http://wiki.developerforce.com/index.php/Controller_Component_Communication. As going client side requires careful usage of DOM element ids. So any minor change to html structure can easily break your code.

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Abhinav Gupta

First Indian Salesforce MVP, rewarded Eight times in a row, has been blogging about Salesforce, Cloud, AI, & Web3 since 2011. Founded 1st Salesforce Dreamin event in India, called “Jaipur Dev Fest”. A seasoned speaker at Dreamforce, Dreamin events, & local meets. Author of many popular GitHub repos featured in official Salesforce blogs, newsletters, and books.

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