jQuery Toggle Text?

user_246285 0
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How to toggle HTML text of an anchor tag using jQuery? I want an anchor that when clicked the text alternates between Show Background & Show Text as well as fading in & out another div. This was my best guess:

$(function() {
    $("#show-background").click(function () {
        $("#content-area").animate({opacity: 'toggle'}, 'slow'); 
    });

    $("#show-background").toggle(function (){
        $(this).text("Show Background")
        .stop();
    }, function(){
        $(this).text("Show Text")
        .stop();
    });
});
toggle jquery
20 Answers
$(function() {
    $("#show-background").click(function () {
        $("#content-area").animate({opacity: 'toggle'}, 'slow'); 
    });

    var text = $('#show-background').text();
    $('#show-background').text(
        text == "Show Background" ? "Show Text" : "Show Background");
});

Toggle hides or shows elements. You could achieve the same effect using toggle by having 2 links and toggling them when either is clicked.

user_2579780

Sorry the problem is me! the was out of sync but this was because I have the HTML text the wrong way around. On the first click I want the div to fade out and the text to say "Show Text".

Will check more thoroughly next time before I ask!

My code is now:

$(function() {
  $("#show-background").toggle(function (){
    $("#content-area").animate({opacity: '0'}, 'slow')
    $("#show-background").text("Show Text")
      .stop();
  }, function(){
    $("#content-area").animate({opacity: '1'}, 'slow')
    $("#show-background").text("Show Background")
      .stop();
  });
});

Thanks again for the help!

user_2462850

Modifying my answer from your other question, I would do this:

$(function() {
 $("#show-background").click(function () {
  var c = $("#content-area");
  var o = (c.css('opacity') == 0) ? 1 : 0;
  var t = (o==1) ? 'Show Background' : 'Show Text';
  c.animate({opacity: o}, 'slow');
  $(this).text(t);
 });
});
user_1453460 
$.fn.toggleText = function(a){
    var ab = a.split(/\s+/);
    return this.each(function(){
        this._txIdx = this._txIdx!=undefined ? ++this._txIdx : 0;
        this._txIdx = this._txIdx<ab.length ? this._txIdx : 0; 
        $(this).text(ab[this._txIdx]);
    }); 
}; 
$('div').toggleText("Hello Word");
user_30349370

You can also toggleText by using toggleClass() as a thought ..

.myclass::after {
 content: 'more';
}
.myclass.opened::after {
 content: 'less';
}

And then use

$(myobject).toggleClass('opened');
user_2819650
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