Question

This is the selector I am trying to use in order to return the data below it.

$('.groupPopper').click(function(event){
    var name = $(this).index(".name").contents();
    alert(name);
});

<a class="groupPopper">
   [text class="name">Name here</a>
</a>

How do I return the text element by it’s class, by clicking element ‘a’ in jquery? My example won’t work..

Answer 1

Assuming what you’ve posted under your jQuery is supposed to be HTML, this should work:

$('.groupPopper').click(function(event){
    var name = $(".name", this).text();
    alert(name);
});