In this example I want to use knockout.js to allow the "Expand" link to be clicked and have its text changed to "Collapse". I also want to set the make the jobDetails section visible. This is a very general question of how to get knockout.js to specifically modify the DOM of the "current" item in a list using a click handler.
<script type="text/html" id="job-template">
<div class="jobContainer">
<label data-bind="text: JobTitle"></label>
<label data-bind="text: CompanyName"></label>
<div class="jobDetails">
<label data-bind="text: City"></label>
<label data-bind="text: State"></label>
</di>
<div>
<a class="expand" href="#" data-bind="click: ???">Expand</a>
</div>
</div>
</script>
This is very straight forward with KO. Here's a simple way to do it. FYI I had to fix your markup slightly.
<div>
<div class="jobContainer">
<label data-bind="text: JobTitle"></label>
<label data-bind="text: CompanyName"></label>
<div class="jobDetails" data-bind="visible: expanded">
<label data-bind="text: City"></label>
<label data-bind="text: State"></label>
</div>
<div>
<a class="expand" href="#" data-bind="click: toggle, text: linkLabel">Expand</a>
</div>
var viewModel = function() {
this.JobTitle = ko.observable("some job");
this.CompanyName = ko.observable("some company");
this.City = ko.observable("some city");
this.State = ko.observable("some state");
this.someValue = ko.observable().extend({ defaultIfNull: "some default" });
this.expanded = ko.observable(false);
this.linkLabel = ko.computed(function () {
return this.expanded() ? "collapse" : "expand";
}, this);
this.toggle = function () {
this.expanded(!this.expanded());
};
};
http://jsfiddle.net/madcapnmckay/XAzW6/
Hope this helps.