Question

I am trying to get the html value of a linked clicked.
The links are created dynamically with Ajax so I don’t think .bind will
work and I don’t have latest version with .live

$('div#message').click(function() {
  var valueSelected = $(this).html();  // picks up the whole id. I juust want single href!          
  alert(valueSelected);
  return false;
});



<div id="message">
<br/>
<a class="doYouMean" href="#">location A</a>
<br/>
<a class="doYouMean" href="#">location B</a>
<br/>
<a class="doYouMean" href="#">location C</a>
<br/>
<a class="doYouMean" href="#">location D</a>
<br/>
<a class="doYouMean" href="#">location E</a>
<br/>
</div>

Answer 1

Apply your handler to just the links, in the callback of the AJAX load.

$('div#message').load( myUrl, function() {
    $('div#message a').click(function() {
       var valueSelected = $(this).html();
       alert(valueSelected);
       return false;
    });
});