I've coded a plugin for that:
http://ff6600.org/j/jquery.childOf.js
You can also do this, but it's much slower:
var a = $(a), b = $(b);
b.parents().filter(function(){
return this == a[0];
}).length
cheers,
- ricardo
On Jan 22, 7:25 am, "James Hughes" <j.hug...@kainos.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is probably a really easy question an I apologise if it appear stupid
> but I am clueless right now. Given 2 jQuery objects (a,b) how can I tell if
> b is a child of a?
>
> James
>
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