jQuery value from a Label (VB.net) works with Textbox

Question

Issue:

jquery not picking up text/value from a ASP Label but does from a Textbox.

I have read up articles such as Get text of label with jquery and tried .val .value and .text

So if I put Label1 then nothing happens. If I put Label2 it works?!

<script type="text/javascript">
                            $(document).ready(function () {
                                $('#PropertyMap').showmap(document.getElementById('<%= Label1.ClientID%>').val);
                            });
                        </script>
                         <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server" Text="harrogate"></asp:Label>
                           <asp:Textbox ID="Label2" runat="server" Text="harrogate"></asp:Textbox>

If you will do something like alert($('#Label1').attr('Text')); i think it will work for you — Yogesh Sharma, Aug 13 '14 at 14:23
Other way, I want the Label to be ASP:Label to be picked up. — indofraiser, Aug 13 '14 at 14:25
You can use ClientIDMode="Static" on your label and then you can use — Yogesh Sharma, Aug 13 '14 at 14:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '14 at 14:29

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An ASP:Label will be rendered as a span. To get the text of a span in JavaScript, you should change it to something like this:

$('#PropertyMap').showmap(document.getElementById('<%= Label1.ClientID%>').innerHTML);

Or, since you're using jQuery anyway:

$('#PropertyMap').showmap($('#' + <%= Label1.ClientID%>).text());

answered Aug 13 '14 at 14:29

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I used the top one with .innerHTML The .text version did not work – indofraiser Aug 13 '14 at 14:35

jQuery value from a Label (VB.net) works with Textbox

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