SO - 20246920

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<a href="" onClick="return false">
    <div class='parentclass'>
        Parent 1
        <div style="display:none" class="childclass">child1</div>
    </div>
</a>

<a href="" onClick="return false">
    <div class='parentclass'>
        Parent 2
        <div style="display:none" class="childclass">child2</div>
    </div>
</a>

JavaScript

$('.parentclass').click(function (e) {
    var chtml = $(this).find('.childclass').html()
    alert(chtml);
});
$('.childclass').click(function (e) {
    e.stopPropagation()
    e.preventDefault()
});