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HTML

<input type="text" id="input1" /><button class='textbox' id="button1">button 1</button><br/>

<input type="text" id="input2"/><button class='test' id="button2"> button 2</button><br/>

<input type="text" id="input3"/><button id="button3" class='textbox'>button 3</button>

JavaScript

$(document).on('click', '#button2', aFunction);

function aFunction(event){
   var text = $(this).prev().val();
    alert("That box contains: " + text);
}