How about: $("#myelement").parents("table:eq(0)")
Does that do what you want? Example: http://demos.texotela.co.uk/parents.html --Sam On Jul 17, 7:51 am, ProggerPete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andy, > parents doesn't do quite what I want. I want a method I can use in > event delegation handlers that basically says, 'Give me the nearest x > element'. I could of course check the current element, if it doesn't > match I could then do a parents and then work on the 1st result in > that, but that would be a bunch of extra processing for no gain (while > it continues to check parents that I have no interest in). > > I was more after info about any silly things I've done while > implementing the function. I've since discovered pushStack which > helps a fair bit. =) > > Cheers, > Pete > > On Jul 15, 6:19 pm, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pete... > > > There is a built in parent method which does pretty much what you're doing. > > >http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/ > > > Look under parents(). > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of ProggerPete > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:41 AM > > To: jQuery (English) > > Subject: [jQuery] My first jQuery plugin > > > Hi folks, > > I'm very new to jQuery and am playing around with what is possible. > > > I found myself wanting a findParent function and couldn't spot one ready > > made. I'd love it if people could give me feedback on my implementation. > > I'm sure there's plenty I could do better. If this function also exists I'd > > like to know where it is too. =) > > > /** > > * return the first parent that matches the selector. Optionally include > > the src element in the search */ $.fn.findParent = function() { > > var _this, _selector, _includeSelf, _result; > > > function find(index, elem) > > { > > if (!_includeSelf) elem = elem.parentNode; > > while (elem) > > { > > if ($(elem).is(_selector)) return > > _result.push(elem); > > elem = elem.parentNode; > > } > > } > > > function _findParent(selector, includeSelf) > > { > > var thisp = _this = this; > > _selector = selector; > > _includeSelf = includeSelf; > > _result = []; > > this.each(find); > > var retObj = $(_result); > > retObj.end = function () { return thisp }; > > return retObj; > > } > > > return _findParent; > > }(); > > > Cheers, > > Pete