$(this).parents('div#inner')
Note that parents() returns _all_ the ancestors of the element (in
order of parent, grandparent, great-granparent, etc) so you need to
add that "filter" of 'div#inner' to it so that it will only return the
one.
Karl Rudd
On 2/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I have a "this.id" reference to an element in my DOM, how would i get its
> parent node?
>
> More challenging, how would I get the first DIV node that the element is in?
> That is, it may be nested within an arbitrary number of table cells, but
> there is a DIV lurking at the top ...
>
> <div id="outer">
> <div id="inner">
> <table>
> <tr><td>
> <table>
> <tr><td><!-- here's the element -->
>
> In the example here, I would like to get a reference to the DIV with ID =
> "inner".
>
> Thanks, you guys are the best, - Dave
>
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