[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-23 Thread AsymF
That should do it! Thanks! :) On Feb 22, 4:44 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then it looks like you want > > $(childObj).parent().prepend('Result > Processed'); > > That will get you the 1 immediate parent of that element. > > - Richard > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM, A

[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-22 Thread Richard D. Worth
Then it looks like you want $(childObj).parent().prepend('Result Processed'); That will get you the 1 immediate parent of that element. - Richard On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:49 AM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I do the following I end up with every single DIV all the way up > the doc

[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-22 Thread AsymF
If I do the following I end up with every single DIV all the way up the document chain being prepended with the content instead of its immediate parent: var msg_selector = $($(childObj).parent().get(0).tagName + ':has(#' + childObj.id + ')') $(msg_selector).prepend('Result Processed'); What this

[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-22 Thread Richard D. Worth
I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to get at. If you have an element (childObj), it has only one parent, $(childObj).parent(). Perhaps you want to provide some more context if I'm not getting it? - Richard On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 3:48 PM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How would

[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-21 Thread AsymF
How would I select the parent that ONLY has that child? For instance, the following selects too many parents: $($(childObj).parent().get(0).tagName + ':has(#' + childObj.id + ')') On Feb 21, 2:25 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See > > http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parent

[jQuery] Re: Selecting the ancestor of an element

2008-02-21 Thread Richard D. Worth
See http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parent#expr http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parents#expr - Richard On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:33 PM, AsymF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How would I select the ancestor or parent of an element? >