> Yeah, but if I have a table embedded within a table (ugh, I know) then I > find both the <tr>s. I tried parents('tr').get(0), but that's not right > either.
The issue is that that the <tr>s are returned in the order in which they're in the document. So the highest <tr> in the document is returned first. So the best way to do this is by doing: $(...).parents("tr:last") Which will give you the last <tr> found (but the one closest to your starting element). --John _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/