Hello Jonathan,

Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 11:47:37 PM, you wrote:

> I wrote a method that will provide a list of ancestors for any
> number of generations until an ancestor matches the expression. Example:

> BODY
>    DIV
>     UL.myClass
>       LI
>         UL
>            LI #myId

> $('#myId').ancestors()
> returns [UL, LI, UL.myClass, DIV, BODY]

> $('#myId').ancestors("UL.myClass")
>  returns [UL.myClass]

> Returns all elements up to and including the match expression
> $('#myId').ancestorsTo("UL.myClass")
> returns [UL, LI, UL.myClass]

> Code: 
> jQuery.fn.ancestorsTo = function(match) {
>         var j = $();

>         var b = false;
>         $(this[0]).ancestors().each(function() {
>             if (b == false) {
>                 j.add(this);

>                  if ($(this).is(match)) {
>                     b = true;
>                 }
>             }
>         });

>         return j;
>     };


> Cheers,
> -js
>   

Very userfull indeed.
-- 
Best regards,
Stoyan                           mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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