replace anchor text with jquery

Question

i want to replace the text of a html anchor:

<a href="index.html" id="link1">Click to go home</a> 

now i want to replace the text 'click to go home'

i've tried this:

alert($("link1").children(":first").val()); alert($("link1").children(":first").text()); alert($("link1").children(":first").html()); 

but it all gives me null or an empty string

Answer 1

Try

$("#link1").text() 

to access the text inside your element. The # indicates you're searching by id. You aren't looking for a child element, so you don't need children(). Instead you want to access the text inside the element your jQuery function returns.