Button.Text Property
.NET Framework (current version)
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="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>
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Available since 1.1
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