> > In what case would you want to find the closest() match but outside of a
> > context?
>
> $( this ).closest(".foo");
>
> currently $( this ).context is equal to "this"
>
Sorry, you misunderstand me - I meant that with your proposed case:
$(DOMEelement).closest("body", DOMElementContext); returns $("body");
You were advocating for the context to be completely outside of the parent
element chain. I was wondering what use case that was implying.
--John
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