easy, try something like this: $("#someElement").parent("tr").doSomething();
That would select the first 'tr' element that is above #someElement. On 1/15/07, Chris Domigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi there, How would I select the first ancestor of a certain type? Eg if I want to select the first div that is found while searching up the DOM from an element. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
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