JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Jiff Pom

HTML

<li class="com__nav-item">
    <a href="#" class="com__nav-link centered">
        <span class="blue-line animate scaleIn delay-3 menuVoiceTitle">FUNCTION 1</span>
        <span class="white-circle animate scaleIn delay-5"></span>
    </a>
</li>

<li class="com__nav-item">
    <a href="#" class="com__nav-link centered">
        <span class="blue-line animate scaleIn delay-3 menuVoiceTitle">FUNCTION 2</span>
        <span class="white-circle animate scaleIn delay-5"></span>
    </a>
</li>

JavaScript

$('.com__nav-item').click(function(){
var targettext = $(this).find('span.menuVoiceTitle').text();
alert(targettext);
});