Get the label of click check box

Question

hi i have a page which generate check boxes dynamically and i have the following event which fires every time a user click on any of the check boxes

$(':checkbox').click(function() {

 });

My question is how can i get the text of the check box that has been trigger by the user?
Thank you

Answer 1

found the solution

$(':checkbox').click(function() {
   alert( $(this).parent().find("label").text());
 });

Answer 2

Taking @CliffC query and changing it, This should work. Its an explicit query so you will always get the correct label

$(':checkbox').click(function() {

 alert( $(this).parent().find("label[for=" + this.id +"]").text());
});