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="ecm-caret-right"></span>
  </a><span class="ecm-folder"></span><span id="pfDel">fold2</span><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan"> press me</span>
  <ul class="collapse in" id="parentLevel1" aria-expanded="true">

    <li class="favorite"><a id="pfDocDel" href="">one 1</a><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span></li>
    <li class="favorite"><a id="pfDocDel" href="">one 2</a><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span></li>
    <li class="favorite"><a id="pfDocDel" href="">one 3</a><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span></li>
    <!-- ROOT DOCS -->

    <li class="favdelSubFold">
      <a href="#1childlevel1" data-toggle="collapse">
        <span class="ecm-caret-right"></span></a><span class="ecm-folder">
																	</span><span id="sfDel">fold2.1</span><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span>
      <ul id="1childlevel1" class="collapse in">

        <li class="favorite">
          <a id="sfDocDel" href="https://www.cna.com" target="_blank">doc6</a><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li class="favdelSubFold">
      <a href="#1childlevel2" data-toggle="collapse">
        <span class="ecm-caret-right"></span></a><span class="ecm-folder">
																	</span><span id="sfDel">fold2.2</span><span data-toggle="modal" data-target="#AddFavorites_ModalDel" class="ecm-trashcan">press me</span>

      <ul id="1childlevel2" class="collapse in">

        <li class="favorite">
          <a id="sfDocDel"...

JavaScript

$(".favdelParentFold ul li .ecm-trashcan").click(function() {
  if ($(this).parent().find('ul').length || $(this).closest('.favdelSubFold').length) return;

  var tr = $(this).prev('a').text();
  var pa = $(this).closest('.favdelParentFold').find('#pfDel').text();
  alert(tr);
  alert(pa);
});

// nested child only 
$(".favdelParentFold ul li .ecm-trashcan").click(function() {
  if ($(this).parent().find('ul').length || $(this).closest('.favdelSubFold').length <1 ) return;

  var tr = $(this).prev('a').text();
  var pa = $(this).closest('.favdelParentFold').find('#pfDel').text();
  var ya = $(this).parent('#sfDocDel').text();
  alert(tr);
  alert(pa);
  alert(ya);
});