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The parent( [selector] ) method gets the direct parent of an element. If called on a set of elements, parent returns a set of their unique direct parent elements.
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:
selector.parent( [selector] ) |
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:
selector: This is optional selector to filter the parent with.
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method.
<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(){ $("p").parent().addClass('hilight'); }); </script> <style> .hilight { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <scan>Top Element</scan> <div"> <div>sibling<div>child</div></div> <p>sibling</p> <scan>sibling</scan> <div> </body> </html> |
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(){ $("p").parent().addClass('hilight'); }); </script> <style> .hilight { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <scan>Top Element</scan> <div class="hilight"> <div>sibling<div>child</div></div> <p>sibling</p> <scan>sibling</scan> <div> </body> </html> |
To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.
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