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jQuery closest() with Example
The closest() method in jQuery is used to return the first ancestor of the selected element.
Syntax
The syntax is as follows −
$(selector).closest(filter)
Example
Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery closest() method −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> .demo * { display: block; border: 2px solid blue; padding: 5px; margin: 15px; } </style> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("span").closest("ol").css({"background-color": "orange", "color": "black","border": "3px dashed orange"}); }); </script> </head> <body class="demo">body <div style="width:600px;"> <ol>ol <ol>ol <ol>ol <li>li <span>span</span> </li> </ul> </ul> </ul> </div> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
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