Question

how can i change the text of a button when clicked? and change it back when clicked again? i have this javascript i made.and its not giving me what i want.please help?

    $('#addbtn').click(function (){
    if(document.getElementById('addMat').style.display == "none"){
        document.getElementById('addMat').style.display= "inline";
        $(this).val('Cancel');
    }else
        document.getElementById('addMat').style.display= "none";
        $(this).val('Add Material');
});
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Solution

Just do it all with jQuery syntax:

$('#addbtn').click(function (){
    var addMat = $('#addMat');
    if( addMat.css('display')  === 'none' ) {
      addMat.css('display','inline');
      $(this).val('Cancel');
    } else {
      addMat.css('display','none');
      $(this).val('Add Material');
    }
});

OTHER TIPS

$('#addbtn').click(function (){
    if(document.getElementById('addMat').style.display === "none"){
        document.getElementById('addMat').style.display = "inline";
        $(this).attr("value","Cancel");
    }else{
        document.getElementById('addMat').style.display = "none";
        $(this).attr("value","Add Material");
    }
});

or Better...

$('#addbtn').click(function (){
    if( $('#addMat').css('display')  === 'none' ){
      $('#addMat').css('display','inline');
      $(this).attr("value","Cancel");
    } else {
      $('#addMat').css('display','none');
      $(this).attr("value","Add Material");
    }
});
$(this).prop('value', 'Cancel'); 

or

$(this).html('Cancel');

The Best way to do it is create a button and put a span tag around the text

$("span", this).text("My NEW Text");
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