jQuery | :parent Selector

The :parent selector in jQuery is used to select all elements that are the parent of another element, including text nodes.

Syntax:

$(":parent")

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      jQuery :parent() Selector 
  </title> 
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
  </script> 
   
  <script> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("li:parent").css( 
              "background-color", "green"); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 id="geeks1"> 
          GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
        <h2 id="geeks2"> 
          jQuery :parent() Selector 
      </h2> 
        
        <div> 
            <li>Geek1</li> 
            <li></li> 
            <li>Geek3</li> 
            <li>Geek4</li> 
            <li></li> 
            <li>Geek6</li> 
  
        </div> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by jQuery :parent Selector are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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