I have a "Label" control on my form which is being populated via jquery. My problem however, is I need to return my string with html tags, but my label doesn't seem to recognize html. Here's my control:

<label id="ment"></label>

And here's how I'm working with it in javascript:

var ment;
ment = $("#ment");
ment.text("<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>");

In the above code, the html in my string is ignored. Is there any way I can get my form to recognize the returned html tags?

Thanks

I have a "Label" control on my form which is being populated via jquery. My problem however, is I need to return my string with html tags, but my label doesn't seem to recognize html. Here's my control:

<label id="ment"></label>

And here's how I'm working with it in javascript:

var ment;
ment = $("#ment");
ment.text("<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>");

In the above code, the html in my string is ignored. Is there any way I can get my form to recognize the returned html tags?

Thanks

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Use the html function :

ment.html("<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>");

try ment.html("<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>");

You could also use document.getElementById("ment").innerHTML = "<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>";

ment.html("<b>Please scan an <br/>item!</b>");