Question

Given a javascript object (this.activeCell) that contains the following html:

<td class="gt-col-mygrid1-ordered_cells gt-cell-actived-editable gt-cell-updated"><div class="gt-inner  gt-inner-left ">156</div></td>

How can I get that 156 into a var?

Answer 1

Given this.activeCell is a DOM Element, you can pass it into the jQuery constructor and create a jQuery object. Then, call the find method passing a selector that retrieves your target element. Finally, calling .text on the selected element you can retrieve your text:

var text = $(this.activeCell).find('div.gt-inner').text();