$('#contentLeft li').click(function(){
var txt;
var r = confirm("Press a button!");
if (r == true) {
txt = "You pressed OK!";
$(this).remove(); //deletes element from dom
} else {
txt = "You pressed Cancel!";
}
another version
$('#contentLeft li').click(function(){
var thetext = $(this).html();
var txt;
var r = confirm("Do you want to delete \n" + thetext + " ?");
if (r == true) {
txt = "You pressed OK!";
$(this).remove();
} else {
txt = "You pressed Cancel!";
}
