<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript"> function function1() {
var m = document.getElementById("myA");
alert(m.innerText);
}
</script>
<p>Click in the following element:</p>
<a id="myA"
href="http://www.java2java.com"
onclick="return(false);"
onmouseup="function1();">This is a link
</a>
</body>
</html>