jQuery Simple Example

HTML

<script src="//www.addressfinder.co.nz/assets/v2/widget.js"></script>
<li class="favdelParentFold">
    <a href="#parentLevel1" data-toggle="collapse" class="" aria-expanded="true">
       <span class="caret-right"></span>
    </a>
    <span class="folder"></span>
    <span style="color:red;">fold2</span>
    <span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="trashcan">press me</span>
    
    <ul class="collapse in" id="parentLevel1" aria-expanded="true">
    </ul>
    
</li>

JavaScript

// when click on "press me" class i need to get span value of fold2

$(document).ready(function() {
  $(".favdelParentFold span").click(function(){
var tr=$(this).closet().find('a').text();
alert(tr);
});
});