It would probably be $("#someElement").parents("tr:first").
-- Yehuda Katz
On 1/15/07, Matt Stith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
easy, try something like this:
$("#someElement").parent("tr").doSomething();
That would select the first 'tr' element that is above #someElement.
On 1/15/07, Chris Domigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> How would I select the first ancestor of a certain type? Eg if I want to
> select the first div that is found while searching up the DOM from an
> element.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
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