...
     var txt = $(this).parents('div:first').find('p').text();
...
or
...
     var txt = $(this).parents('div:first').children('p').text();
...
or
...
     var txt = $(this).parents('span:first').siblings('p').text();
...
or
...
     var txt = $(this).parent().parent().siblings('p').text();
...
etc
etc


Karl Swedberg-2 wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 25, 2007, at 1:10 AM, atomicnuke wrote:
> 
>>
>> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.1.4.js"></script>
>> <script type="text/javascript">
>>
>> $(document).ready(function(){
>>    $("#comments span h5 a").click(function(){
>>              var author = $(this).parent("span").next("p").text();
>>              alert(author);
>>      })
>>  });
>> </script>
>> </head>
>>
>> <body>
>> <div id="comments">
>> <div id="5"><h4>Minion</h4><h5>( # Reply )</h5></
>> span><br>
>> <p>Back to normal status</p>
>> </div>
>> </div>
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to grab the text between the <p> tags
>> when reply is clicked. I know I got the reply link targeted. I first
>> just had an alert, but tried going further. At first I just had $
>> (this).next("p").text(); but thought maybe I needed to go to the
>> parent, then move on, but it just shows a blank alert box.
>>
> 
> 
> You could try something like this:
> $(document).ready(function() {
>    $('h5 > a').click(function() {
>      var txt = $(this).parents('div:first').next().text();
>      alert(txt);
>      return false;
>    });
> });
> 
> This goes "up" the DOM to the first div that is an ancestor of the  
> clicked item, then goes to the next sibling and grabs its text.
> 
> 
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedberg
> www.englishrules.com
> www.learningjquery.com
> 
> 
> 
> 

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