[javascript] Setting and getting localStorage with jQuery

I am trying out localStorage and attempting at getting text from a div and storing it in localStorage, however, it sets it as an [object Object] and returns [object Object]. Why is this happening?

localStorage.content = $('#test').html('Test');_x000D_
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$('#test').html(localStorage.content);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
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<div id="test"></div>

Use setItem and getItem if you want to write simple strings to localStorage. Also you should be using text() if it's the text you're after as you say, else you will get the full HTML as a string.

Sample using .text()

// get the text
var text = $('#test').text();

// set the item in localStorage
localStorage.setItem('test', text);

// alert the value to check if we got it
alert(localStorage.getItem('test'));

JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/f3zLa3zc/

Storing the HTML itself

// get html
var html = $('#test')[0].outerHTML;

// set localstorage
localStorage.setItem('htmltest', html);

// test if it works
alert(localStorage.getItem('htmltest'));

JSFiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/psfL82q3/1/

Update on user comment

A user want to update the localStorage when the div's content changes. Since it's unclear how the div contents changes (ajax, other method?) contenteditable and blur() is used to change the contents of the div and overwrite the old localStorage entry.

// get the text
var text = $('#test').text();

// set the item in localStorage
localStorage.setItem('test', text);

// bind text to 'blur' event for div
$('#test').on('blur', function() {

    // check the new text
    var newText = $(this).text();

    // overwrite the old text
    localStorage.setItem('test', newText);

    // test if it works
    alert(localStorage.getItem('test'));

});

If we were using ajax we would instead trigger the function it via the function responsible for updating the contents.

JSFiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/g1b8m1fc/

The localStorage can only store string content and you are trying to store a jQuery object since html(htmlString) returns a jQuery object.

You need to set the string content instead of an object. And use the setItem method to add data and getItem to get data.

window.localStorage.setItem('content', 'Test');
$('#test').html(window.localStorage.getItem('content'));