jQuery parentsUntil() with Example


The parentsUntil() method in jQuery is used to return all ancestor elements between the selector and stop parameter value.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(selector).parentsUntil(stop,filter)

Above, the stop parameter is a selector expression, element or jQuery object. The filter parameter is a selector expression that narrows down the search for ancestors between the selector and the stops parameter.

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery parentsUntil() method −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
   width:600px;
}
.demo * {
   display: block;
   border: 2px solid yellow;
   color: blue;
   padding: 10px;
   margin: 10px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("span").parentsUntil("div").css({"color": "blue", "border": "3px dashed blue"});
   });
</script>
</head>
<body class="demo">great-great-grandparent
<div>great-grandparent
<ul>grandparent
<li>parent
<span>span</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output−

Updated on: 31-Dec-2019

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