If you changed to HTML you can add the text attribute to the button definition in the JS: (as posted here: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/147151/change-the-submit-button-text-in-splunk-6-1-simple-xml-dashboard.html) var submit = new SubmitButton({ id: 'submit', el: $('#search_btn'), text: 'Update' }, {tokens: true}).render(); If you want to keep it as SimpleXML you can add the following to your page JS file (within the document ready function): $('.submit').html('Update'); // during loading $('.submit').bind("DOMSubtreeModified",function() { // when SplunkJS tries to change it $('.submit').html('Update'); }); ... View more