<i onclick="void showhide(this.parentNode)" class="fa fa-plus">
function showhide(e) {
if(e.childNodes[5].className=='') {
e.childNodes[5].className='someclass';
alert(e.childNodes[5].className);
}else{
e.childNodes[5].className='';
alert(e.childNodes[5].className);
}
}