Toggle button value is not changing

JavaScript
1

I am new to jquery and I am trying to change the value of button “on click”, the toggle is working fine but it is not changing the value of Button Hide and show text…

<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary" id="toggleButton">Hide text <i class="icon-play icon-white"></i></button>


<div class="disclaimer">
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</div>

$('#toggleButton').click(function(){
			$('.disclaimer').toggle();
			
			if($('.disclaimer').is(':visible')){
			
				$(this).val('Hide Text');
			} else {
			
				$(this).val('Show Text');
			};
		});

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2

What type of button are you using?

If its a input[type=submit] button then your code should work. If you are using the button element then you need to change the text().

e.g.

$('#toggleButton').click(function(){
$('.disclaimer').toggle();

		if($('.disclaimer').is(':visible')){

			$(this).text('Hide Text');
		} else {

			$(this).text('Show Text');
		};
	});

e.g.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style></style>
</head>

<body>
<button id="toggleButton">Hide text</button>
<div class="disclaimer">test</div>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script> 
<script>
$('#toggleButton').click(function(){
$('.disclaimer').toggle();

		if($('.disclaimer').is(':visible')){

			$(this).text('Hide Text');
		} else {

			$(this).text('Show Text');
		};
	});
</script>
</body>
</html>
3

Thanks paulOB its working fine,

but I need to understand, if i m using button element then why we should change the text(), whats the difference…

Thanks once again…

4

The value ‘attribute’ of the button element is used to return the value of the button and not the text that is displayed inside the button unlike an input button which uses the value attribute for both the value and the displayed button text.

If you are using the button as a toggle and not submitting data then just change the text otherwise if you are submitting the button data then I guess you should be changing the text and the value to match.

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5

Thanks PaulOB…

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