jQuery - how to check if two elements are the same?

Question

I need to pass an element to a function and then match that specific element while traversing parent. The catch (for someone clueless like me) is that this element doesn\'t

Answer 1

Comparing JQuery objects will never return true, because each JQuery object is a a new object, even if their selectors are equal.

To compare elements, you have to check whether the DOM elements are equal:

this === element.get(0);