title: how to access the parent object property? in jquery
body: <p>Tried few ways but didnt work for me.. what i need If i click on BUTTON ... i want to access the VALUE of li of same in jquery...</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;div id="categoryListings"&gt;            
  &lt;ul class="list-group"&gt;
      &lt;li value="501" class="list-group-item"&gt;
      Bikes &lt;a type="button"&gt;Delete &lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
  
      &lt;li value="502 " class="list-group-item"&gt;
      Bikes &lt;a type="button"&gt;Delete &lt;/a&gt;
      &lt;/li&gt;
   &lt;/ul&gt;
   &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>