I must say, I have not tried "closest()" and "prevAll()". I'll give
it another go with your suggestions before I throw in the towel.
Thanks.
jake
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 11:22 AM, mkmanning <michaell...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The problem with parents() in the example given is that if your page
> structure is more complex, and has nested tables for example, then
> parents() will return all parent tables. Likewise if there are tr's
> preceding the tr in your example. Here's a couple ways to get the text
> you're asking for:
>
> $('#knowndiv').closest('tr').find('td:first').text();
>
> $('#knowndiv').parent().prevAll(':last').text();
>
> HTH :)
>
> On Jun 3, 6:33 am, jake dimano <jakedim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mauricio, your code basically works fine on a simple test page. But
>> there is something about my set-up that makes the bit about
>> ".parents('table')" fail. My page still has the same exact element
>> structure with 2 differences; there are 52 "tr"s in the table; also,
>> all the elements (tables, trs, tds, divs...what have you,) are all
>> full of styles, attributes, and onclick events to a fairly large
>> extent.
>>
>> Other variations and combination of jQuery functions fail as well in
>> getting the parent of this div in my page.
>>
>> I guess I'll just keep on truckin'.
>> jake
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Mauricio (Maujor) Samy Silva
>>
>> <css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > var myText = $('#knowndiv').parents('table').find('td:first').text();
>> > alert(myText);
>>
>> > Maurício
>>
>> > -----Mensagem Original-----
>> > De: con-man-jake
>> > Para: jQuery (English)
>> > Enviada em: terça-feira, 2 de junho de 2009 16:38
>> > Assunto: [jQuery] text of first sibling of a parent...How do I get it
>>
>> > Still a newbie.
>> > I have this:
>>
>> > <table>
>> > <tr>
>>
>> > <td>
>> > text I want to get
>> > </td>
>>
>> > <td>
>> > </td>
>>
>> > <td>
>> > <div id="knowndiv"></div>
>> > </td>
>>
>> > <tr>
>> > </table>
>>
>> > If I have the div with id of "knowndiv" as an object (call it "obj"),
>> > How do I get the text inside the first <td>?
>
