Gets or sets the text caption displayed in the Button control.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Syntax . . :: . String
The text caption displayed in the Button control. The default value is String. . :: . Empty.
. . :: . Text
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property Text As String[BindableAttribute(true)]
public string Text { get; set; }[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
virtual property String^ Text {
String^ get () sealed;
void set (String^ value) sealed;
}[<BindableAttribute(true)>]
abstract Text : string with get, set
[<BindableAttribute(true)>]
override Text : string with get, set<asp:Button Text="String" />Property Value
Type: SystemThe text caption displayed in the Button control. The default value is String
Implements
IButtonControl Remarks
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.
Examples
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 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<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 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>
Platforms
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.