I just posted about 1 hour ago and my post didn't show up so here goes again.
new to jquery and there's something I'm missing. $('.switch :radio', this).each(function(){ $(this).click( function(){ alert($(this).parent(".switch").get(0).className); }); }); //when the .switch radio button is clicked go up to the parent and alert the className. I always get undefined. Don't dom methods or properties work on jquery objects?