Gets or sets the text caption displayed in the Button control.
(in System.Web.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property Text As String
Dim instance As Button
Dim value As String
value = instance.Text
instance.Text = value
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public string Text { get; set; }
[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
virtual property String^ Text {
String^ get () sealed;
void set (String^ value) sealed;
}
public final function get Text () : String
public final function set Text (value : String)
<asp:Button Text="String" />
Implements
IButtonControl..::.Text
Use 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="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub GreetingBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs)
' When the button is clicked,
' change the button text, and disable it.
Dim clickedButton As Button = sender
clickedButton.Text = "...button clicked..."
clickedButton.Enabled = False
' Display the greeting label text.
GreetingLabel.Visible = True
End Sub
</script>
<html >
<head runat="server">
<title>Button Example</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>
<%@ 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 >
<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, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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