Re: [jQuery] Re: Selection logic

2009/11/10 Savageman <savageman86@gmail.com>

About .get(0), Firebug keeps telling me: "$(el).parents("div").get
(0).addClass is not a function"

Sorry, I tested with .eq(0) instead of .get(0) which returns the pure DOM element instead of a jQuery magic-array wrapping the element.
 

I still find strange (that eventually gonna change :D) to add the
possibility to match a specified selector in the .parent() method if
it only applies to the direct parent... I don't really need all the
parents here, so it may be more efficient having a method that stops
looping through parents when the one we want is found. I guess I still
can use .parent().parent().parent() as I know the <div> should be the
third parent, but that would require change in the javacscript if i
want to change the HTML structure...

If you don't need all the parents, use .parents('div:first') or .parents('div').eq(0) as you've found out it's the jQuery way.

I may even be so bold as to add you might like to try .closest() which is quite handy to find "the closest matching element this included".

Have fun.

Michel Belleville