If you want to get a grandparent or great grandparent element you can
Here’s a nicer way to get an ancestor element without chaining calls to parent().parent() etc.
// use parent() for the parent element $(this).parent(); // use parents() for a specific level of ancestor $(this).parents(':eq(0)'); // parent $(this).parents(':eq(1)'); // grandparent $(this).parents(':eq(2)'); // great grandparent // or for an ancestor with a specific selector $(this).parents('#id'); |