Get Parent ID of this DIV

Question

I am looking to find the parent div id (i.e. \"Bakerloo\") from this layout when the button is clicked within \".buttonleft0\" in jquery / javascript.

Answer 1

Your code itself have few errors so here is the correct one:

HTML

bakerloo

Click here

JQuery

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    $("button").on('click',function(){
       alert($(this).closest('div').attr('id'));
    });
});

here is the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/cpeeyush/ydk4e/