Get button text

Description

The following code shows how to get text from button and set the value to input text element.

Example


<html>
<head>
<script
  src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {<!--from  w w  w . ja v a  2 s .  c om-->
    $("button").click(function() {
      var text = $(this).text();
      $("input").val(text);
    });
  });
</script>
</head>
<body>
  Press button to fill the text box.
  <div>
    <button>A</button>
    <button>B</button>
    <button>C</button>
  </div>
  <input type="text" value="click a button" />
</body>
</html>

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