Trying to pass text node of THIS element into fn()

[sethwb]

Hi:


<a href="#" onclick="showDistributors('city0','raccoon0','national0',pass link text as variable into the function "showDistributors"); alert(this.text()); return false;">St Albans</a>


How do I pass the distributor name into the function as a variable? I am having trouble finding useful information on "this" method

[Epotus]

You can use

this.innerHTML


<a href="#" onclick="showDistributors('city0','raccoon0','national0',this.innerHTML); return false;">St Albans</a>

[Kor]

Or you may use DOM references:

this.firstChild.nodeValue
or
this.firstChild.data