Set the text in a span
jquery
Solution
Use `.text()` instead, and change your selector:
$(".ui-datepicker-prev .ui-icon.ui-icon-circle-triangle-w").text('<<');
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Problem
I have this span ``` <a title="Prev" data-event="click" data-handler="prev" class="ui-datepicker-prev ui-corner-all"> <span class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-triangle-w">Prev</span> </a> ``` I need to set the text of the span to be `<<` instead of its current text `Prev`. I tried this below, but it didn't change the text as I'd expected. How can this be done? ``` $(".ui-icon .ui-icon-circle-triangle-w").html('<<'); ```