You don't need to use .parentNode() (vanilla DOM) but .parent() (jQuery
flavor).
Then you can access any attribute using .attr().
So instead try : $('#item1-1').parent().attr('id')
This should "tadaaa".
Michel Belleville
2009/11/27 ximo wallas <[email protected]>
> Hello there, after too much sarching I have almost give it up with the
> following.
> I have a list with another list nested:
> <ul>
> <li id="item1">Item 1
> <ul>
> <li id="item1-1">
> Item 1 - 1
> </li>
> <li id="item1-2">
> Item 1 - 2
> </li>
> </ul>
> </li>
> </ul>
> Let's say I know the ID of "item1-2" or "item1-1" how can I get the id of
> the li (item1)?
> I have tried with:
> alert($('#item1-1').parentNode().id)
> But it gaves me an error, maybe just because it is an aberration...
>
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