Description:
The
parents( [selector] ) method gets a set of elements containing the unique ancestors of the matched set of elements except for the root element.
Syntax:
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:
selector.parents( [selector] )
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Parameters:
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:
- selector: This is optional selector to filter the ancestors with.
Example:
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this
method. Try this example by passing parent selector like ".top".
<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var parentEls = $("p").parents()
.map(function () {
return this.tagName;
}).get().join(", ");
$("b").append("<strong>" + parentEls + "</strong>");
});
</script>
<style>
.hilight { background:yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<scan>Top Element</scan>
<div>
<div class="top">Top division
<p class="first">First Sibling</p>
<scan>Second sibling</scan>
<p class="third">Third sibling</p>
</div>
<b>My parents are: </b>
<div>
</body>
</html>
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This would generate following result.
<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var parentEls = $("p").parents()
.map(function () {
return this.tagName;
}).get().join(", ");
$("b").append("<strong>" + parentEls + "</strong>");
});
</script>
<style>
.hilight { background:yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<scan>Top Element</scan>
<div>
<div class="top">Top division
<p class="first">First Sibling</p>
<scan>Second sibling</scan>
<p class="third">Third sibling</p>
</div>
<b>My parents are: DIV, DIV, BODY, HTML</b>
<div>
</body>
</html>
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