How to change the text of a button in jQuery?

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How do you change the text value of a button in jQuery? Currently, my button has 'Add' as its text value, and upon being clicked I want it to change to 'Save'. I have tried this method below, but so far without success:

$("#btnAddProfile").attr('value', 'Save');

actually your example should work to change the value of the button. I tried it and it worked. Maybe the id of the button is different or a typo. — mjspier, Apr 07 '11 at 12:05
Still doesn't work...could JQuery UI styles be causing this? — user517406, Apr 07 '11 at 12:50
Sergey's answer was best. it is working properly on jquery buttons without removing its styles, padding and margins. — AaA, Mar 07 '13 at 02:39

score 1032 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Depends on what type of button you are using

<input type='button' value='Add' id='btnAddProfile'>
$("#btnAddProfile").attr('value', 'Save'); //versions older than 1.6

<input type='button' value='Add' id='btnAddProfile'>
$("#btnAddProfile").prop('value', 'Save'); //versions newer than 1.6

<!-- Different button types-->

<button id='btnAddProfile' type='button'>Add</button>
$("#btnAddProfile").html('Save');

Your button could also be a link. You'll need to post some HTML for a more specific answer.

EDIT : These will work assuming you've wrapped it in a .click() call, of course

EDIT 2 : Newer jQuery versions (from > 1.6) use .prop rather than .attr

EDIT 3 : If you're using jQuery UI, you need to use DaveUK's method (below) of adjusting the text property

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:59

JohnP

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Got it working using .html('Save'), I didn't notice that I had set runat=server on my button, this is what was causing the issue. – user517406 Apr 07 '11 at 12:59
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I would downvote this if I could, as it messes up the style in some cases. *Please use the answer of DaveUK, if you have trouble with this one*. PS: I guess that's what Sevenearths noticed, too – user562529 Apr 10 '12 at 19:24
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Even better: use the answer from Sergey below for proper use of jQuery and future-proofing: $( ".selector" ).button( "option", "label", "new text" ); – cincodenada Sep 01 '12 at 01:07
For `button` elements, you can also use `$("#element").val("New Label");` – Alex Apr 01 '21 at 20:09

DaveUK · Answer 2 · 2012-01-06T11:19:29.503

For buttons created with .Button() in jQuery........

Whilst the other answers will change the text they will mess up the styling of the button, it turns out that when a jQuery button is rendered the text of the button is nested within a span e.g.

<button id="thebutton">
  <span class="ui-button-text">My Text</span>
</button>

If you remove the span and replace it with text (as in the other examples) - you'll loose the span and associated formatting.

So you actually need to change the text within the SPAN tag and NOT the BUTTON!

$("#thebutton span").text("My NEW Text");

or (if like me it's being done on a click event)

$("span", this).text("My NEW Text");

You shouldn't be expecting this DOM structure to never change. Far better is to use the method jQuery-UI gives you to change the label (see Sergey's answer). — Mike DeSimone, Sep 12 '13 at 14:36

score 84 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '12 at 21:56

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The correct way of changing the button text if it was "buttonized" using JQuery is to use .button() method:

$( ".selector" ).button( "option", "label", "new text" );

edited May 23 '12 at 21:56

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answered May 23 '12 at 18:06

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This worked for me better than the other approaches, which stomped on the styling of the button (in particular the size of the button). I was using a button on a jQuery UI dialog, FWIW. – Dave Crumbacher Aug 20 '12 at 20:13
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This is the correct answer for buttons created with jQuery, such as those on a dialog. All the others will destroy some of the jQuery styling. This also does it without depending on the HTML structure that jQuery generates, which is more future-proof. – cincodenada Sep 01 '12 at 01:07
This is the right answer to this question (it seems the question is about Jquery UI buttons, see comments), it should be promoted. – peveuve Jul 02 '15 at 15:25

score 41 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:18

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To change the text in of a button simply execute the following line of jQuery for

<input type='button' value='XYZ' id='btnAddProfile'>

use

$("#btnAddProfile").val('Save');

while for

<button id='btnAddProfile'>XYZ</button>

use this

$("#btnAddProfile").html('Save');

answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:18

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Also, for buttons created by jquery using e.g. `$('#thing').append($("")....)`, you need to use .html to set the text. – Benubird Feb 22 '13 at 10:27

score 32 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:57

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Use .val()

Here's a link to JSfiddle

answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:57

score 23 · Answer 6 · edited Mar 09 '15 at 10:19

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You need to do .button("refresh")

HTML :

<button id='btnviewdetails' type='button'>SET</button>

JS :

$('#btnviewdetails').text('Save').button("refresh");

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answered Jul 20 '12 at 16:32

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For some reason, it would only work for me after I used your code to refresh the button, but I also noticed that the icon on the button (part of JQuery Mobile CSS) gets lost after refreshing it (although your solution was by the closest I got). – Ciaran Gallagher Mar 27 '13 at 00:59

score 23 · Answer 7 · edited Jun 21 '17 at 05:52

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You can use something like this:

$('#your-button').text('New Value');

You can also add extra properties like this:

$(this).text('New Value').attr('disabled', true).addClass('bt-hud').unbind('click');

edited Jun 21 '17 at 05:52

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answered Nov 01 '16 at 22:13

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Doesn't work input buttons or submit buttons, use val() – ActiveX May 24 '18 at 18:33

score 14 · Answer 8 · answered Oct 25 '15 at 21:47

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$("#btnAddProfile").text("Save");

answered Oct 25 '15 at 21:47

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score 12 · Answer 9 · answered Jul 25 '11 at 20:27

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If you have button'ed your button this seems to work:

<button id="button">First caption</button>

$('#button').button();//make it nice
var text="new caption";
$('#button').children().first().html(text);

answered Jul 25 '11 at 20:27

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score 9 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 14 '11 at 00:08

You can use

$("#btnAddProfile").text('Save');

although

$("#btnAddProfile").html('Save');

would work as well, but it's misleading (it gives the impression you could write something like

$("#btnAddProfile").html('Save <b>now</b>');

but of course you can't

score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 06:09

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it's work for me html:

<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" id="btnSaveSchedule">abc</button>

js

$("#btnSaveSchedule").text("new value");

answered Jul 29 '14 at 06:09

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This worked for a bootstrap 4 styled button - using jquery 3.6.1 – JonV Oct 21 '22 at 16:41

score 5 · Answer 12 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:57

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$("#btnAddProfile").click(function(){
    $("#btnAddProfile").attr('value', 'Save');
 });

answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:57

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Repeating the non-working code from the question is not an answer. – Benubird Feb 22 '13 at 10:25

score 4 · Answer 13 · edited Nov 27 '17 at 11:01

$(document).ready(function(){
    $(":button").click(function(){
        $("p").toggle();

    if (this.value=="Add") this.value = "Save";
    else this.value = "Add";

  });
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<input type='button' value='Add' id='btnAddProfile'>

<p>This is a paragraph with little content.</p>
<p>This is another small paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>

score 4 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:59

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document.getElementById('btnAddProfile').value='Save';

answered Apr 07 '11 at 11:59

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Unhelpful, OP asked for jQuery – gotofritz Jun 01 '21 at 21:16

score 2 · Answer 15 · edited Aug 07 '11 at 15:20

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Have you gave your button a class instead of an id? try the following code

$(".btnSave").attr('value', 'Save');

edited Aug 07 '11 at 15:20

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answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:03

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 18 '13 at 21:25

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This should do the trick:

$("#btnAddProfile").prop('value', 'Save');       
$("#btnAddProfile").button('refresh');

answered Mar 18 '13 at 21:25

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Apr 15 '13 at 17:01

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$("#btnAddProfile").html('Save').button('refresh');

answered Apr 15 '13 at 17:01

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Nov 22 '11 at 08:01

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$("#btnviewdetails").click(function(){
    if($(this).val()!="hide details"){
        $("#detailedoutput").show();
        $(this).val('hide details');
    }else{
        $("#detailedoutput").hide();
        $(this).val('view more details');
    }

});

answered Nov 22 '11 at 08:01

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Include some details about your answer. – Starx Nov 06 '12 at 07:22
please include details with your answer. I have no clue what you are trying to do here. – Anurag Dec 27 '12 at 09:54

score -1 · Answer 19 · edited May 15 '15 at 07:32

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    $( "#btnAddProfile" ).on( "click",function(event){
    $( event.target ).html( "Save" );
});

edited May 15 '15 at 07:32

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answered May 15 '15 at 07:13

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score -1 · Answer 20 · answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:06

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that's exactly correct, this works for me;

    $('#btnAddProfile').bind('click',function(){
    $(this).attr('value','save');
})

are you sure Jquery is available and that your code is in the correct place?

answered Apr 07 '11 at 12:06

John Beynon

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