Be aware that closest() returns the element itself if no match is
found. I prefer to use $(el).parents('xx:first') to avoid that.Peter, no jQuery method will return null. If nothing is found it will return an empty collection (length == 0). On May 27, 2:03 pm, dabear <bjorni...@gmail.com> wrote: > The closest()-method (available since jquery 1.3) would be ideal here, > as it stops searching when an element matching the expression is > found. See also:http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/closest > > Please also note that ids are unique within a document, so just $ > ("#test0") should be fast enough. > > On May 27, 4:58 pm, Peter Marino <marino.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > hi, > > did not see the parents() method before now.. it does look this is what I > > need.. will check when I get home from work... thanks > > > peter > > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:49 PM, M.M. <mario.maru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On May 27, 2:19 pm, Peter Marino <marino.pe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi jQuery Group, > > > > is it possible find a node backwards instead of forwards. > > > > isn't that parents()? (not parent, parents :) > > > >http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/parents > > > -- > > Power Tumbling -http://www.powertumbling.dk > > OSG-Help -http://osghelp.com
