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jQuery - parent( [selector] ) Method
Description
The parent( [selector] ) method gets the direct parent of an element. If called on a set of elements, parent returns a set of their unique direct parent elements.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
selector.parent( [selector] )
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
selector − This is optional selector to filter the parent with.
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method.
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").parent().addClass('hilight'); }); </script> <style> .hilight { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <scan>Top Element</scan> <div> <div>sibling<div>child</div></div> <p>sibling</p> <scan>sibling</scan> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method.
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").parent().addClass('hilight'); }); </script> <style> .hilight { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <scan>Top Element</scan> <div class = "hilight"> <div>sibling<div>child</div></div> <p>sibling</p> <scan>sibling</scan> <div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −
jquery-traversing.htm
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