Comments on: Use jQuery to find the first parent element http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/ See the world through my eyes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Ravinder Tulsiani (Parent Central: Advice & Tips Blog for Parents) http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-174061 Ravinder Tulsiani (Parent Central: Advice & Tips Blog for Parents) Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:16:59 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-174061 <strong>Ravinder Tulsiani (Parent Central: Advice & Tips Blog for Parents)...</strong> [...]Use jQuery to find the first parent element | James Oppenheim’s blog[...]... Ravinder Tulsiani (Parent Central: Advice & Tips Blog for Parents)…

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]]> By: spork http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-169542 spork Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:43:02 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-169542 parents() will traverse the DOM <em>all the way</em> up and return <em>every</em> element that matches the selector. So even though you're using filter() to trim out the other results, you're actually searching for them all, not just the first. closest() on the other hand will traverse upwards until it finds a single result, and only return that. in the case of what you're trying to do, it's much more efficient. parents() will traverse the DOM all the way up and return every element that matches the selector. So even though you’re using filter() to trim out the other results, you’re actually searching for them all, not just the first.

closest() on the other hand will traverse upwards until it finds a single result, and only return that. in the case of what you’re trying to do, it’s much more efficient.

]]> By: 123 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-166487 123 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:29:12 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-166487 window.location=':-)'; window.location=’:-)’;

]]> By: Amresh chandra http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-160880 Amresh chandra Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:35:09 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-160880 Use this one $('currentelement').cloesest('div'); This will select div as parent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            uuu     Use this one
$(’currentelement’).cloesest(’div’);

This will select div as parent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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]]> By: Yuri Subach http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-133336 Yuri Subach Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:10:04 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-133336 Thank you for advice, it works great! Thank you for advice, it works great!

]]> By: Ryan Wheale http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-123648 Ryan Wheale Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:06:57 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-123648 I know this is way old, but wanted to put this out there for anyone (like myself) who is may stumble on this in the future. Use closest(); http://api.jquery.com/closest/ I know this is way old, but wanted to put this out there for anyone (like myself) who is may stumble on this in the future.

Use closest();

http://api.jquery.com/closest/

]]> By: Dmytrii Nagirniak http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-118657 Dmytrii Nagirniak Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:34:54 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-118657 @tappas, @James, you cannot user parent() because it "only travels a single level up the DOM tree" according to docs and my tests (which is most likely not what the author wants to do). @tappas, @James, you cannot user parent() because it “only travels a single level up the DOM tree” according to docs and my tests (which is most likely not what the author wants to do).

]]> By: tappas http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-110374 tappas Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:01:14 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-110374 oh you already added that. cheers. oh you already added that. cheers.

]]> By: tappas http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-110373 tappas Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:42 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-110373 can't you just use .parent() inplace of .parents()? can’t you just use .parent() inplace of .parents()?

]]> By: James Oppenheim http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-93495 James Oppenheim Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:42:37 +0000 http://www.oppenheim.com.au/2008/12/20/use-jquery-to-find-the-first-parent-element/#comment-93495 Turns out that there is a <a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parent" rel="nofollow">parent()</a> method. That makes it much easier! Turns out that there is a parent() method. That makes it much easier!

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