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Joshua Bivens
8,586 PointsHow do I toggle a button's text when clicked?
I'm trying the "perfect" part of a js todo app project. I want to toggle a button to read "Save" when in an edit mode and "Edit" when not. How?
2 Answers

Sean T. Unwin
28,688 PointsUse .textContent
for modern browsers or .firstChild.nodeValue
for IE8 and less.
Of note, using .innerText
is not compatible with Firefox so that is why I didn't suggest it even though Andrew Chalkley uses it in the course.
Click to view a functional example on Codepen or see the code below for a light example.
E.g.
if (myBtn.textContent === "Edit") {
myBtn.textContent = "Save";
} else {
myBtn.textContent = "Edit"
}
:)

Brian Polonia
25,139 PointsI posted an answer to this same question, in reference to the last video of the Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript course.
Here is the link: Click Here
Hope this helps.
- Brian

Joshua Bivens
8,586 PointsThanks!