On Apr 6, 2007, at 8:53 AM, bmckenzie wrote:
$("#someParent").children().index(someElement) != -1 ;
Cool, Bruce! you could also come at it from the other direction: if ( $('#someChild').parent('someElement').length ) { //do something }; --Karl _________________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com