How to put HTML in jQuery .text()

Question

I couldn\'t find this anywhere, partly because its keywords are pretty common.

$(\'.pause_button\').text(\'

        

Answer 1

.text() actually escapes all HTML specific characters, .html() doesn't.

Answer 2

Use .html() instead of .text().

Answer 3

Use .html()

$('.pause_button').html('<img src="../imgs/icons/control_pause_blue.png" alt="Resume" /> Resume'); 

Answer 4

Make use of the .html function avaialble in jQuery, .html().

For example:

$('div.demo-container').html('<p>All new content. <em>You bet!</em></p>');

In your case

$('.pause_button').html('<img src="../imgs/icons/control_pause_blue.png" 
alt="Resume" /> Resume');

Answer 5

You should use .html();.

Answer 6

use .html()

$('.pause_button').html('<img src="../imgs/icons/control_pause_blue.png" alt="Resume" /> Resume');