Gtk.Button.get_label

### Method

# Gtk Buttonget_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

Returns: | `const char*`
| The text of the label widget. This string is owned by the widget and must not be modified or freed.
| The data is owned by the instance.
| The return value can be `NULL`.
| The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.