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Text

methods

Gets or sets the text of a node in a TreeView.

text

Parameters:nodejQuery|Element|String

The node of which the text is being retrieved or set.

newTextString

Optional. When passed, sets the node text to the specified string

Returns:String

The text of a node.

<div id="treeview"></div>
<script>
$("#treeview").kendoTreeView({
  dataSource: [
    { text: "foo", items: [
      { text: "bar" }
    ] }
  ]
});

var treeview = $("#treeview").data("kendoTreeView");

var firstItem = treeview.element.find(".k-treeview-item:first");
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
console.log(treeview.text(firstItem)); // logs "foo"

treeview.text(".k-treeview-item:last", "qux"); // sets text to "qux"
</script>