The parentsUntil() is an inbuilt method in jQuery that is used to find all the ancestor elements between two given elements in a DOM tree. The Document Object Model(DOM) is a World Wide Web Consortium standard. This defines for accessing elements in the DOM tree.
Syntax:
$(selector1).parentsUntil(selector2)
Parameters: It accepts a parameter “selector2” which is the last marked parent of the selected element in the tree.
Return Value: It returns all ancestor’s elements between two given elements.
jQuery code to show the working of parentsUntil() method:
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<style>
.anc * {
display: block;
border: 2px solid lightgrey;
color: black;
padding: 5px;
margin: 15px;
}
</style>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$("span").parentsUntil("div").css({
"color": "black",
"border": "2px solid green"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="anc">
This is great-great-grandparent !
<div style="width:400px;">
This is great-grandfather element !
<ul>
This is grandparent !
<li>
This is direct parent element !
<span>This is child element</span>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output: In the above code, all the ancestor elements between “span” and “div” get highlighted with green color.