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Novkovski Stevo Bato
Novkovski Stevo Bato

Reputation: 1043

Select previous html tag onClick

I have html scheme like

<li>Some text <a href='#' class='click'>Remove</a> <input type='hidden' ></li>

And i have OnClick function like

$(".click").click(function() {
    // i need to select 'li' and then delete it
    // i have this code, but its not working
    $(this).prev('li').remove();
    return false;
});

How do I Select previous html tag onClick ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 186

Answers (2)

xdazz
xdazz

Reputation: 160833

.prev is for siblings, in your case, li is parent, so you could use .closest.

$(".click").click(function () {
        $(this).closest('li').remove();
        return false;
});

Upvotes: 3

alexn
alexn

Reputation: 58962

li is not the previous element, but the parent:

$(".click").click(function () {
    $(this).parent().remove();
    return false;
});

Upvotes: 6

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