Using JQuery, is there a simple way to select the text immediately after a checkbox?
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<input type="checkbox" id="cbx1" value="10" /> Very important text.
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I want to use jquery to select that "Very important text." minus
To do what you said:
var text = $('#cbx1').parent().text();
You might need to trim it though, not sure about the :
var text = $.trim($('#cbx1').parent().text());
Better solution might be to wrap the text in a label element:
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<input type="checkbox" id="cbx1" value="10" />
<label for="cbx1">Very important text.</label>
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You can then get the text like so:
var text = $('label[for="cbx1"]').text();
This also improves the semantics of your document.