jQuery Set Text of H1
$('#id').text("New Text");
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$('#id').text("New Text");
$('#dialog_title_span').text("new dialog title");
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$('#btnid').text('Show');
$("#my-button").attr("value", "Button Text");
$(yourElement).html("New text");
//sets yourElement innerHTML to "New text"
var text = $(yourElement).html();
//html() returns the text inside yourElement if you pass no parameters
.text("new text")