Maybe $($(el).parents('div').get(0)).addClass() ? :d (ahah, what ugly
syntax :d)
Anyway thanks, topic solved! ;)
On 10 nov, 15:04, Michel Belleville <michel.bellevi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2009/11/10 Savageman <savagema...@gmail.com>
>
> > About .get(0), Firebug keeps telling me: "$(el).parents("div").get
> > (0).addClass is not a function"
>
> Sorry, I tested with .eq(0) instead of .get(0) which returns the pure DOM
> element instead of a jQuery magic-array wrapping the element.
>
> > I still find strange (that eventually gonna change :D) to add the
> > possibility to match a specified selector in the .parent() method if
> > it only applies to the direct parent... I don't really need all the
> > parents here, so it may be more efficient having a method that stops
> > looping through parents when the one we want is found. I guess I still
> > can use .parent().parent().parent() as I know the <div> should be the
> > third parent, but that would require change in the javacscript if i
> > want to change the HTML structure...
>
> If you don't need all the parents, use .parents('div:first') or
> .parents('div').eq(0) as you've found out it's the jQuery way.
>
> I may even be so bold as to add you might like to try
> .closest()<http://docs.jquery.com/Traversing/closest>which is quite
> handy to find "the closest matching element this included".
>
> Have fun.
>
> Michel Belleville
