Selecting the text (innerhtml) from an asp.net control with jquery
<p>i have an asp.net gridview with and icon on each row, that when clicked i wish to create a popup with editable text boxes/input fields in. and these text boxes and input fields are to contain the existing text from the row icon i just clicked on.</p>

<p>i thought i could do it like this but it gets the text from classes, but not from id's see bottom row of code:</p>

<pre><code>$(".imgEditFields").click(function () {
        var row = $(this).closest("tr");
        var strServiceID = $(".clHiddenServiceID", row).text();
        var strTitleOfDoc = $(document).attr('title');
        var strSessionUser = strTitleOfDoc.replace("Order Tracking for ", "");
        var strPSTNNumber = $(".clHiddenPSTNNum", row).text();
        var strPSTNNum = strPSTNNumber.replace(/'/g, "");
        $('#popupTrackerEditFields h1:first').text("Edit Record " + strPSTNNum);
        var strSuppOrdNo = $("#lblSupplierOrderNum", row).text();
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<p>Below are my comments having tried several permatations of the comment/replies from you all </p>

<pre><code>        $(".imgEditFields").click(function () {
        //I get the row with the icon that was clicked on
        var row = $(this).closest("tr");
        var strServiceID = $(".clHiddenServiceID", row).text();
        var strTitleOfDoc = $(document).attr('title');
        var strSessionUser = strTitleOfDoc.replace("Order Tracking for ", "");
        var strPSTNNumber = $(".clHiddenPSTNNum", row).text();
        var strPSTNNum = strPSTNNumber.replace(/'/g, "");
        $('#PopUpTrackerEditFields h1:first').text("Edit Record " + strPSTNNum);
        var strSuppOrdNo = $(".clSupplierOrderNumber", row).text();
        //All the above work great and i get what is expected, the problem begins blow when trying to select by //the id (in that row)

        //The below line achieves what i want visually but i cannot gaurantee its the correct row can i?
        $('#MainContent_tbPopUpEditSuppOrdNo').val(strSuppOrdNo);
        //The below line does not work as suggested by the replies and i have tried with HTML, val, Text etc
        $('#&lt;%=tbPopUpEditSuppOrdNo.ClientID%&gt;', row).html(strSuppOrdNo);
        //the blow works again not sure if it is selecting the correct row each time
        $('#MainContent_tbPopUpEditSuppOrdNo').attr('title', 'Edit your Supplier no here for ' + strPSTNNum);
</code></pre>
