### Method

# Gtk Button get_label

#### Declaration [src]

    const char*
    gtk_button_get_label (
      GtkButton* button
    )

#### Description [src]

Fetches the text from the label of the button.

If the label text has not been set with `gtk_button_set_label()` the return value will be `NULL`. This will be the case if you create an empty button with `gtk_button_new()` to use as a container.

Gets property | `Gtk.Button:label`

#### Return value

Type: `const char*`

The text of the label widget. This string is owned by the widget and must not be modified or freed.

The returned data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be `NULL`.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.