[jQuery] Re: jQuery selector return parent

Thanks Dave I think you may be on to something. I think $("*:has(> div.someClass)") would work. Won't be fast, but that's not a concern. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. On Oct 21, 12:40 pm, Dave Methvin wrote: > > Is there anyway to write a custom filter which returns the parent > > nodes of the s

[jQuery] Re: jQuery selector return parent

> Is there anyway to write a custom filter which returns the parent > nodes of the selector? ie) div.someClass:parentNode or ancestor: > div.someClass would return the parent element of div.someClass. Not that I know of, but you might be able to use the :has selector if you know enough about the