jQuery parent of a parent

Question

I am currently trying to find the parent of a parent of an element. I have a link being clicked that is in a , and I\'d like to get the

Answer 1

Try wrapping the $(this).parent() into an jQuery object like $($(this).parent()) I often find the need to do this to make sure I have a valid jquery object. From there you should be able to get a hold of the parents parent, or using the prev() perhaps.