Wizzud wrote:
$('table') ... gets all tables $('table').eq(1) ... gets the second table $('#formelement').parent().parent().parent() ... gets the 'great-grandad' of #formelement or, to look back up the DOM for a table ... var _find = $('#formelement'); while(!_find.is('table')){ _find = _find.parent(); } ...but I would recommend putting another test in this loop, just in case #formelement doesn't have a table above it!
$('#formelement').parents('table:eq(0)'); --Klaus