Button.Text Property
.NET Framework 4
Gets or sets the text caption displayed in the Button control.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe text caption displayed in the Button control. The default value is String.Empty.
Implements
IButtonControl.TextUse the Text property to specify or determine the caption to display in the Button control.
The value of this property, when set, can be saved automatically to a resource file by using a designer tool. For more information, see LocalizableAttribute and ASP.NET Globalization and Localization.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the Text property to specify the caption displayed in the Button control.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <script runat="server"> void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) { // Manually register the event-handling method for // the Click event of the Button control. Button1.Click += new EventHandler(this.GreetingBtn_Click); } void GreetingBtn_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) { // When the button is clicked, // change the button text, and disable it. Button clickedButton = (Button)sender; clickedButton.Text = "...button clicked..."; clickedButton.Enabled = false; // Display the greeting label text. GreetingLabel.Visible = true; } </script> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head runat="server"> <title>Untitled Page</title> </head> <body> <form id="form1" runat="server"> <div> <h3>Simple Button Example</h3> <asp:Button id="Button1" Text="Click here for greeting..." OnClick="GreetingBtn_Click" runat="server"/> <br /> <br /> <asp:Label ID="GreetingLabel" runat="server" Visible="false" Text="Hello World!" /> </div> </form> </body> </html>
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
