[jQuery] Re: Problem traversing up list

2009-11-27 Thread platt
Did you try this: alert($('#item1-1').parent().attr('id')); On 27 Nov., 12:56, ximo wallas wrote: > Hello there, after too much sarching I have almost give it up with the > following. > I have a list with another list nested: > >     Item 1 >   >     >   Item 1 - 1 >    

[jQuery] Re: Problem traversing up list

2009-11-27 Thread Vincent Robert
$('#item1-1').parent().closest('li').attr('id') will be faster because it won't retrieve the full list of parents On 27 nov, 13:20, Michel Belleville wrote: > Well, that must mean that the parent has no id, which is exactly the case : > > >     Item 1 <= $('#item1-1').parent().parent() >