set text jquery code example

Example 1: jquery set text of h1

$('#id').text("New Text");

Example 2: jquery change text

$(yourElement).html("New text");
//sets yourElement innerHTML to "New text"
var text = $(yourElement).html();
//html() returns the text inside yourElement if you pass no parameters

Example 3: jquery get element innertext

const copiedText = $('#element').text();

Example 4: change text of paragraph jquery

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>text demo</title>
  <style>
  p {
    color: blue;
    margin: 8px;
  }
  b {
    color: red;
  }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.5.0.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<p id="pda">Salom html.</p>
<p></p>
 
<script>
$("#pda").html("New text");
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Example 5: jQuery - Set Content and Attributes

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#btn1").click(function(){
    $("#test1").text("Hello world!");
  });
  $("#btn2").click(function(){
    $("#test2").html("<b>Hello world!</b>");
  });
  $("#btn3").click(function(){
    $("#test3").val("Dolly Duck");
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p id="test1">This is a paragraph.</p>
<p id="test2">This is another paragraph.</p>

<p>Input field: <input type="text" id="test3" value="Mickey Mouse"></p>

<button id="btn1">Set Text</button>
<button id="btn2">Set HTML</button>
<button id="btn3">Set Value</button>

</body>
</html>