jQuery parentsUntil() Method

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2023

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=
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
 
    </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>