hi, should be simple to say what's wrong ... well -
alert() works, but alerts nothing / empty ... something like 'MOO!' or 'BETA!' would be great -- what's wrong with code? -------------- $("#nav div").hover(function(){alert($ (this).next('span').text());},function(){}); -------------- <div id="nav"> <div> <span>MOO!</span> <ul> <li>foo</li> <li>bar</li> </ul> </div> <div> <span>BETA!</span> <ul> <li>hello< /li> <li>world</li> </ul> </div> ... </div>