Finding the id of a parent div using Jquery

Question

I have some html like this:

    

        Volume = 
        

        
      

Answer 1

JQUery has a .parents() method for moving up the DOM tree you can start there.

If you're interested in doing this a more semantic way I don't think using the REL attribute on a button is the best way to semantically define "this is the answer" in your code. I'd recommend something along these lines:

    Volume = 
    
    Check answer
    

and

$("button").click(function () {
    var correctAnswer = $(this).parent().siblings("input[type=hidden]").val();
    var userAnswer = $(this).parent().siblings("input[type=text]").val();
    validate(userAnswer, correctAnswer);
    $("#messages").html(feedback);
});

Not quite sure how your validate and feedback are working, but you get the idea.