Works great. Thanks for the help.
On Dec 9, 10:22 pm, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try this, instead:
>
> $(".trigger").click(function () {
> $(this).parents(".container").hide("slow");
>
> });
>
> That should get you what you're looking for.
>
> --John
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 7:53 PM, ebakunin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am having trouble understanding how to use $(this) in a function. I
> > would like to refer to a div container by an image in that container.
> > The architecture is something like this:
>
> > <div class="container">
> > <div class="subcontainer"><img class="trigger" src="" /></div>
> > </div>
>
> > Ideally I would use:
>
> > $(".trigger").click(function () {
> > $(".container:has(this)").hide("slow");
> > });
>
> > But this doesn't work. I could use .parent().parent(), but that's bad
> > practice. What is the correct way to approach this problem? Thanks.
