jquery get father of element

Question

I\'ve got an element which resides inside a div. I\'d like to get the div by the child\'s ID, is this possible? if so how?

Thank you!

Answer 1

Use the parent method of jQuery:

$("#myChild").parent()

You can even give it a selector if the parent element you're looking for is not the direct parent:

$("#myChild").parent(".container")

There's a slew of functions that help you traverse the DOM, and you can find detailed information in the jQuery reference.