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HTML

<div id="content">   
   <ul id="sortable">             
    <li class="button_tab"><div id="select_me">Select Me</div></li>
    <li class="button_tab"><div id="select_me_1">Select Me 1</div></li>
    <li class="button_tab"><div id="select_me_2">Select Me 2</div></li>           
  </ul>  
</div>

JavaScript

$('div#content ul#sortable li.button_tab div').click(function() {
   alert($(this).attr('id'));        
}); 
$( ".button_tab" ).button();