JQuery get content of span

Question

I\'m trying to get the content of a span when a button is clicked. This is the html:

Answer 1

Here is a Jsfiddler demo using jQuery next

http://jsfiddle.net/vVK54/1/

$('button.select-location').live('click', function(event){      
  // set the span value
  var span_val = $(this).next().html();
  alert('selecting...' + span_val);
});