jQuery - parents( [selector] ) Method
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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] )
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".
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.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> </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>Parents of <p> elements are: </b> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jquery-traversing.htm
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