Then it looks like you want
$(childObj).parent().prepend('<div id="result_message">Result
Processed</div>');
That will get you the 1 immediate parent of that element.
- Richard
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If I do the following I end up with every single DIV all the way up
> the document chain being prepended with the content instead of its
> immediate parent:
> var msg_selector = $($(childObj).parent().get(0).tagName + ':has(#' +
> childObj.id + ')')
> $(msg_selector).prepend('<div id="result_message">Result Processed</
> div>');
>
> What this is used for is that when a link is clicked it sends AJAX
> data. If the data was processed remotely it is supposed to show a
> simple success message at the top of the parent DIV it is located in.
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong?
>
> On Feb 22, 6:32 am, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to get at. If you have an
> > element (childObj), it has only one parent, $(childObj).parent().
> Perhaps
> > you want to provide some more context if I'm not getting it?
> >
> > - Richard
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > How would I select the parent that ONLY has that child?
> >
> > > For instance, the following selects too many parents:
> > > $($(childObj).parent().get(0).tagName + ':has(#' + childObj.id + ')')
> >
> > > On Feb 21, 2:25 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > See
> >
> > > >http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parent#expr
> >
> > > >http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parents#expr
> >
> > > > - Richard
> >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > How would I select the ancestor or parent of an element?
>
