Question

I have nested elements:

<ul class="level-1">
  <li class="item-i">I</li>
  <li class="item-ii">II
    <ul class="level-2">
      <li class="item-a">A</li>
      <li class="item-b">B
        <ul class="level-3">
          <li class="item-1">1</li>
          <li class="item-2">2</li>
          <li class="item-3">3</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="item-c">C</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li class="item-iii">III</li>
</ul>

How to get value (it’s ‘1’) from li class="item-1">1</li> when clicked? I have problem with defining right selector… How to end with something like this:

$(all children of level-1).click(function() {
    alert($(this.item-1").val(););
}

Answer 1

Try this

$(this).text() OR $(this).html()

.val() is for input fields.. So you cannot access the data you seek using .val()

$('.level-1 li').on('click', function(e) {

    alert($(this).contents().filter(function() {
        return this.nodeType == 3
    }).text());
    e.stopPropagation();
});

Don’t forget e.stoppropagation() .. Otherwise you will also see the text inside the parent li..

Try FIDDLE