[jQuery] Re: Digging through wrapper DIVs

2008-05-22 Thread EdMartin
"Uppermost" in the sense that between them and the all-embracing div.#container there's nothing but div.wrappers -- no other divs with span.bullet children in the ancestry. Wizzud's expression performs exactly the right selection. Thanks for your input, though. (I'd also forgotten about the usefu

[jQuery] Re: Digging through wrapper DIVs

2008-05-22 Thread Karl Swedberg
I'm not sure what you mean by "uppermost," but you can select the wrapper div closest to the span with $ ('span.bullet').parents('div.wrapper:first') or furthest out from the span with $('span.bullet').parents('div.wrapper:last') --Karl _ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com

[jQuery] Re: Digging through wrapper DIVs

2008-05-22 Thread EdMartin
That's the ticket -- works like a charm! I knew jQuery could do it. Thanks, Wizzud. (Wizzud by name, Wizzud by nature) Ed On May 22, 8:11 pm, Wizzud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > $('span.bullet').parent().filter(function(){ >     return !$(this).parents('div:has(>span.bullet)').length; >   }); >

[jQuery] Re: Digging through wrapper DIVs

2008-05-22 Thread Wizzud
$('span.bullet').parent().filter(function(){ return !$(this).parents('div:has(>span.bullet)').length; }); On May 22, 9:54 pm, EdMartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a setup like this > > > > >Bullet > > > > > > > where there is an unknown number of wrapping "w