jQuery | parentsUntil() with Example

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 ancestors elements between two given elements.
jQuery code to show the working of parentsUntil() method:

<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> 

In the above code, all the ancestor elements between “span” and “div” get highlighted with green color.
Output:

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