Mmm tasty. That does look the goods. Do you know whether under the
hood it is smart enough to stop climbing the DOM once it finds the 1st
match?
Cheers,
Pete
On Jul 17, 5:40 pm, Sam Collett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How about:
>
> $("#myelement").parents("table:eq(0)")
>
> Does that do what you want?
>
> Example:http://demos.texotela.co.uk/parents.html
>
> --Sam
>
> On Jul 17, 7:51 am, ProggerPete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Andy,
> > parents doesn't do quite what I want. I want a method I can use in
> > event delegation handlers that basically says, 'Give me the nearest x
> > element'. I could of course check the current element, if it doesn't
> > match I could then do a parents and then work on the 1st result in
> > that, but that would be a bunch of extra processing for no gain (while
> > it continues to check parents that I have no interest in).
>
> > I was more after info about any silly things I've done while
> > implementing the function. I've since discovered pushStack which
> > helps a fair bit. =)
>
> > Cheers,
> > Pete
>
> > On Jul 15, 6:19 pm, "Andy Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Pete...
>
> > > There is a built in parent method which does pretty much what you're
> > > doing.
>
> > >http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/
>
> > > Look under parents().
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>
> > > Behalf Of ProggerPete
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:41 AM
> > > To: jQuery (English)
> > > Subject: [jQuery]MyfirstjQueryplugin
>
> > > Hi folks,
> > > I'm very new to jQuery and am playing around with what is possible.
>
> > > I found myself wanting a findParent function and couldn't spot one ready
> > > made. I'd love it if people could give me feedback onmyimplementation.
> > > I'm sure there's plenty I could do better. If this function also exists
> > > I'd
> > > like to know where it is too. =)
>
> > > /**
> > > * return thefirstparent that matches the selector. Optionally include
> > > the src element in the search */ $.fn.findParent = function() {
> > > var _this, _selector, _includeSelf, _result;
>
> > > function find(index, elem)
> > > {
> > > if (!_includeSelf) elem = elem.parentNode;
> > > while (elem)
> > > {
> > > if ($(elem).is(_selector)) return
> > > _result.push(elem);
> > > elem = elem.parentNode;
> > > }
> > > }
>
> > > function _findParent(selector, includeSelf)
> > > {
> > > var thisp = _this = this;
> > > _selector = selector;
> > > _includeSelf = includeSelf;
> > > _result = [];
> > > this.each(find);
> > > var retObj = $(_result);
> > > retObj.end = function () { return thisp };
> > > return retObj;
> > > }
>
> > > return _findParent;
> > > }();
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > Pete
