jQuery Change Div, Span Content Example

jQuery change content of div span; In this tutorial, you will learn how to change or replace div, span , button, paragraph text, or content in html using jQuery html() method.

jquery change div,span,etc content dynamically

The html() method in jQuery is used to retrieve or set/change the HTML content of an element on a web page. This method allows you to access the inner HTML of the selected element, which includes all the nested elements, text, and markup contained within it.

Syntax jQuery Html Method

$(selector).html()

html() method returns the content of first matched element.

$(selector).html(content)

Html() method sets the content of matched element.

$(selector).html(function (index, currentcontent))

It sets the content using function.

The HTML () method is used either to set content or to return the contents of the selected elements.

To set the content :- When you use this method to set the content, it overwrites the contents of all matched elements.
To return the content :- When you use this method to return content, it first returns the content of the matched element.

Parameters of jQuery Html Method

Parameter	Description
Content	It is an essential parameter. It is used to specify the new content for the selected elements. It can also contain HTML tags.
Function (index, currentcontent)	It is an optional parameter. It specifies a function that returns the new content for the selected elements.Index: It shows the index position of the element in the set.Currentcontent: It shows the current HTML content of the selected element.

Ex 1 :- jQuery html() method

Let’s see an example 1 of html() method.

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
<title>Learn Jquery Html Method</title>
<head>  
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>   
<script>  
$(document).ready(function(){  
    $("#btn_click").click(function(){  
        $("#para").html("Hello <b>there, Thanks to try it</b>");  
    });  
});  
</script>  
</head>  
<body>  
<button id="btn_click">Click here to change the content</button>  
<p id="para">This is a paragraph. When you click the button after that it will change.</p>  
</body>  
</html>

Ex 2 :- jQuery html()

Let’s see example2 of html method. This example returns the first match of element.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title> jQuery html() Method </title> 		
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>   
</head> 
	
<body style = "text-align:center;"> 
			
  <h1 style = "color:blue;" >Hello World </h1> 
  <h2>jQuery | html() Method </h2> 
	
  <button id="btn-click">Click</button> 
	<script> 
		$(document).ready(function(){ 
			$("#btn-click").click(function(){ 
				alert($("h2").html()); 
			}); 
		}); 
	</script> 
</body> 
</html>

Ex 3 :- jQuery replace text

Let’s take a new example using the jQuery html() method. It will replace the h2 tag text. See the example below

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title> jQuery replace text using html() </title>        
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>   
</head> 
    
<body style = "text-align:center;"> 
            
  <h1 style = "color:blue;" >Hello World </h1> 
  <h2>jQuery | html() Method </h2> 
    
  <button id="btn-click">Click</button> 
    <script> 
        $(document).ready(function(){ 
            $("#btn-click").click(function(){ 
                $("h2").html('Hello'); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>