Check if class exists somewhere in parent - vanilla JS

Question

I\'m really struggling to see how to do this. I want to check if a class exsits somewhere in one of the parent elements of an element.

I don\'t want to use any libra

Answer 1

Another alternative for some those who like this style for modern/polyfilled browsers.

const hasClass = (element, className) => {
    return element.classList.contains(className);
};

const hasParent = (element, className) => {
    if (!element.parentNode) {
        return false;
    }

    if (hasClass(element, className)) {
        return true;
    }

    return hasParent(element.parentNode, className)
};

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Working demo:

const hasClass = (element, className) => {
    return element.classList.contains(className);
};

const hasParent = (element, className) => {
    if (!element.parentNode) {
        return false;
    }

    if (hasClass(element, className)) {
        return true;
    }

    return hasParent(element.parentNode, className)
};


/* Demo Code, can ignore */
const child = document.getElementById('child');
const orphan = document.getElementById('orphan');
const output = document.getElementById('output');

const log = `child has parent? ${hasParent(child, 'list')}
orphan has parent? ${hasParent(orphan, 'list')}
`

output.innerText = log;

#output {
  margin-top: 50px;
  background: black;
  color: red;
  padding: 20px;
}

  

    

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