How to exclude checking html tags in object value?

Question

JavaScript

There is a component with a text editor for filling out a form, the value of which contains html tags for formatting. That is, if the following text is entered in the field: it will be


saved in this form:

description: "<p>Please note that only the <strong>first 120 characters</strong> will always 
be displayed when you share the event via social media. </p>"

The field is required, and if it is empty, do not let the user go further.
The problem is that if you clear all the text from the input, then the html tags will remain, and the value will look like this: Because of this, the form considers itself filled and skips the user further. How to write a check for such a case, so that it excludes the presence of html tags?

description: "<p><br></p>"

Answer 1

Check not innerHTML but textContent

It would also be nice to call trim() to exclude spaces.