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title: Change Text Inside an Element Using jQuery
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Using jQuery, you can change the text between the start and end tags of an element. You can even change HTML markup.
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jQuery has a function called `.html()` that lets you add HTML tags and text within an element. Any content previously within the element will be completely replaced with the content you provide using this function.
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Here's how you would rewrite and italicize the text of our heading:
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$("h3").html("<em>jQuery Funhouse</em>");
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jQuery also has a similar function called `.text()` that only alters text without adding tags. So when using `.html()` please remember that you will be editing the whole markup and not just the text. |