Jquery Check parent checkboxes in nested ul li

Question

I have a script that will check and uncheck all children checkboxes in a nested list. I am now trying to get it so I can check a low level checkbox and it will check all the

Answer 1

Just use jquery.parents(). It is somewhat similar to find() except it searches all parents. Something like this might be close to what you are looking for:

$(this).parents('li').each(function() {
  $(this).children('input').prop('checked', true);
});

See http://api.jquery.com/parents/ for more information.

EDIT: Alright, here is a solution that works:

http://jsfiddle.net/3y3Pb/12/

EDIT2: And a more streamlined solution here:

http://jsfiddle.net/3y3Pb/14/