Everything that I've seen says you have to check the length of the element you are looking for.
So I think you want <pre> if($(this).parents('ul').length==0){ $(this).addClass("active"); } </pre> If a parent UL was found, the length would be > 0
Everything that I've seen says you have to check the length of the element you are looking for.
So I think you want <pre> if($(this).parents('ul').length==0){ $(this).addClass("active"); } </pre> If a parent UL was found, the length would be > 0