Comments on: .parent()

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:33:21 +0000

This is 7 months old however someone else might need the answer. Here is an easier way:

$('#myelementid', parent.document).append();

By: Nyuszika7H

Nyuszika7H — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:29:40 +0000

Thanks so much! I learn a new thing every day. Today, I've learned the .parents() jQuery function.

By: Dsf

Dsf — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:23:46 +0000

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By: dugokontov

dugokontov — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:59:23 +0000

the .parents() instead of .parent() will do the trick

By: dugokontov

dugokontov — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:56:11 +0000

My bad… You are absolutely right… didn't notice difference between parent() and parents().

Removing my post for false info (;

By: loubregand

loubregand — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:46:35 +0000

I'd like to add, your code has a flaw: parent('.class-name') does not return the first parent which matches the selector, but will return the actual first-level parent of the current element only if it matches that selector. So, direct parent, or nothing at all.

By: loubregand

loubregand — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:42:28 +0000

I think you should read documentation for method parents(): http://api.jquery.com/parents/
Practically, it returns all the ancestors for the elements previously selected, in this case, it return ancestors (parent, parent of the parent, hos parent and so on until root node) of the 'this' element. Eq allow us to filter this chain of ancestors based on distance from the this node, so $(this).ancestors().eq(2) is the ancestor of distance 2, that is, the parent of the parent of the 'this' element.

By: dugokontov

dugokontov — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:28:53 +0000

- Removing my post for false info – (;

By: Spyros Hajisavvas

Spyros Hajisavvas — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:12:38 +0000

If you could add an ID to the parent element there wouldn't really be a reason for you to use .parents as they are unique and you'd use the selector, for classes though it may turn out to be quite useful.

By: hudin

hudin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:58:07 +0000

What about if you want an element in the parent frame holding an iframe? I've been using parent.document.getElementById() Is there a faster or more direct method?