Matt, you're assuming this is simple! if this is <center><b><i>Ha
Ha</i></b></center> .... yours breaks
Josh, tables are ugly, accessing them is ugly too! If you have one or two
lines like that it's ok to be ugly.
$.fn.grandTD = function(){return this.parents("td:first").parents("td:first")}
might make get a bit shorter
On 6/7/07, Matt Stith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You could just do
$(this).parent().parent().addClass("greenback");
That should work fine.
On 6/7/07, Josh Nathanson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I am trying to select the first td element two levels up from the
> clicked
> div element.
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> I have this, which works, but it's ugly.
>
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> $(this).parents("td:first").parents("td:first").attr("class","greenback");
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> Is there a cleaner way?
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> - Josh
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