Question

So I would like to set a variable to the text of an element when that element is clicked:

$('.clickme').click(function() {
    var selected;
    var selected = this.text();
});

I’ve looked at the documentation and I believe this should work. Any ideas what the issue might be?

Answer 1

Try:

var selected = $(this).text();

If no luck, maybe it’s form element so it has value:

var selected = $(this).val();

If still no luck let us know what is clickme (div? span?) and try this as “last resort”:

var selected = $(this).html();