jQuery: Find the text of a list item that contains a nested ul
jquery
Solution
What about this approach? Clone the object, remove the clone's children and then find the text content.
$("#list li").click(function () {
alert($(this).clone().children().remove().end().text());
}
Perhaps not the most efficient approach, but it's entirely intuitive, pretty tidy, and you don't have to muck with your html.
Problem
I have the following: ``` <ul id="list"> <li>item1 <ul> <li>sub1</li> <li>sub2</li> </ul> </li> </ul> ``` I'd like to respond to a li click event and use the text of the li elsewhere. However, if the click is on an li that contains a nested ul, I of course get the text of all elements. ``` $("#list li").click(function() { alert($(this).text()); }); ``` returns item1sub1sub2, as expected. I can't figure out how to get just 'item1' if the item 1 li is clicked. I tried the following (among other things) with no luck: ``` $("#list li").click(function() { alert($(this).filter("ul").text()); }); ``` Any ideas? EDIT This is a snippet of an example - it could be multiple levels deep. I also do not want to wrap the list item text in a span or other markup.