jQuery html() Method

Last Updated : 27 Oct, 2022

The html() Method in jQuery is used to set or return the innerHTML content of the selected element.

Syntax:

It returns the content of the first matched element.

$(selector).html()

It sets the content of the matched element.

$(selector).html(content)

It sets the content using a function.

$(selector).html(function(index, currentcontent))

Parameters: This method accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

content: It is a mandatory parameter that specifies the new content for the selected elements.
function(index, currentcontent): It is an optional parameter that specifies a function that returns the new content for the selected element.
- index: It is used to return the index position of the element in the set.
- currentcontent: It is used to return the current HTML content of the selected element.

Example 1: This example sets the content to the element.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery html() Method
    </title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
        Fade-in effect<br>
        jQuery | html() Method
    </h2>
    <button>Click</button>
 
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("button").click(function () {
                $("h2").html("Hello <b>GEEKS!</b>");
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Example 2: This example returns the first match of the element.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery html() Method
    </title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
        jQuery | html() Method
    </h2>
    <button>Click</button>
 
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("button").click(function () {
                alert($("h2").html());
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

Example 3: This example set the content using function.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery html() Method
    </title>
    <script src=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
    </script>
</head>
     
<body style = "text-align:center;">
    <h1 style = "color:green;" >
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
        jQuery | html() Method
    </h2>
    <button>Click</button>
     
    <!-- Script to set the content -->
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("button").click(function() {
                $("h2").html(function(n) {
                    return "jQuery | html() Method"
                            + " has index: " + n;
                });
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>