How to get text node after element?

Question

Using jQuery. I have the following html:

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Answer 1

Just use the plain-JavaScript nextSibling, though you have to 'drop out of' jQuery to use that method (hence the [0]):

var text = $('input:checkbox[name="something"]')[0].nextSibling.nodeValue;

JS Fiddle demo.

And I finally realised what was wrong with my other suggestion, which has been fixed:

var text = $('input:checkbox[name="something"]').parent().contents().filter(
    function(){
        return this.nodeType === 3 && this.nodeValue.trim() !== '';
    }).first().text();

JS Fiddle demo.

And to make sure that you're only getting the textNodes from before the br (though frankly this is becoming overly-complex, and the first suggestion works far more easily and, I suspect reliably):

var text = $('input:checkbox[name="something"]').parent().contents().filter(
    function(){
        return this.nodeType === 3 && this.nodeValue.trim() !== '' && $(this).prevAll('br').length === 0;
    }).text();

JS Fiddle demo.