It is used to find ancestors of an element in the DOM tree.
There are different Methods for traversing up the DOM tree :
- parent(): It is used to return the direct parent element of the given selected element.
- parents(): It is used to return all ancestor elements of the given selected element upto root element.
- parentsUntil(): It is used to return all the ancestor elements between two given arguments.
Syntax:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("span").parent().css({"color": " ", "border": " "});
});Example-1: Showing parent() method.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<style>
.ancestors * {
display: block;
border: 2px solid lightgreen;
color: green;
padding: 10px;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("span").parent().css({
"color": "green",
"border": "4px solid black"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="ancestors">great-great-grandparent
<div style="width:500px;">great-grandparent
<ul>grandparent
<ul>direct parent
<span>
<h1>
<li>
<center>
GeeksforGeeks
</center>
</li>
</h1>
</span>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example-2: Showing parents() method.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<style>
.ancestors * {
display: block;
border: 2px solid lightgreen;
color: green;
padding: 10px;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("span").parents().css({
"color": "green",
"border": "4px solid black"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="ancestors">great-great-grandparent
<div style="width:500px;">great-grandparent
<ul>grandparent
<ul>direct parent
<li>
<span>
<h1>
<center>
GeeksforGeeks
</center>
</h1>
</span>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example-3: Showing parentsUntil() method.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html>
<head>
<style>
.ancestors * {
display: block;
border: 2px solid lightgreen;
color: green;
padding: 10px;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
<script src=
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("span").parentsUntil().css({
"color": "green",
"border": "4px solid black"
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body class="ancestors">great-great-grandparent
<div style="width:500px;">great-grandparent
<ul>grandparent
<ul>direct parent
<li>
<span>
<h1>
<center>
GeeksforGeeks
</center>
</h1>
</span>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Output: