Hi, Try this: $(this).parents('div').attr('id') Paul
On Jun 14, 2:47 pm, Antonio <antonio.pie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I try to rephrase... > I want to get the value from the id attribute from a parent element > I try in this way... > > $('div').parent().attr("id") > > but it returns only blank value although the html code is: <div > id="DIV_01"> > > any ideas? > > thanks > > Antonio > > On Jun 14, 1:35 pm, Antonio <antonio.pie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > In HTML code: > > <div id="DIV_01"> > > <ul> > > <li><a href="#">list_01</a> > > <ul> > > <li><a href="#">LIST_01_00</a></li> > > ............................. > > </ul> > > </li> > > </ul> > > </div> > > > When I click in list element (ese. LIST_01_00) > > In jQuery code, I would like to catch the “id value” (DIV_01) of "div > > container". > > $(this).click( function() { > > ????? > > > } > > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks, > > > Antonio