Solved. I had been trying parent() and not parents(). parentformname = $(elem).parents("form").attr("name")
-- Brad On 3/26/07, Brad Perkins wrote: > I have a form template that is shared among numerous forms. I need to > modify the ajax response content depending on the form used. > > When a button is clicked, what is the best way (w/ jQuery) to get the > name of the button's parent form? _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/