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marks34
marks34

Reputation: 2107

Traverse up until some element

I have some element selected with jQuery selector. It is en element from list of elements with the same class ('my-elements'). Now I'd like to select element containing the selected one which is several levels above. How can I do this ?

<div class="vote>
(... several levels)
<div class="my_element"></div>
</div>

the selector:

var elements = $('.my_element');
var element = elements[0];

Upvotes: 8

Views: 6640

Answers (3)

g.d.d.c
g.d.d.c

Reputation: 47978

If you're attempting to find the container element for your current object I suggest the parents() method. It takes a selector, or without one, returns all of the parents of the element.

Upvotes: 0

Chandu
Chandu

Reputation: 82893

If I understand it correctly you want to traverse to div.votes from div.my_element Try this:

var elements = $('.my_element'); 
var element = elements.closest("div.vote");

Upvotes: 1

James Sulak
James Sulak

Reputation: 32447

The .closest() method should work (http://api.jquery.com/closest/):

elements.closest("div.vote");

Upvotes: 14

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