The parent method

The parent method gets the immediate parent of an element.

Syntax

Getting the immediate parent of elements:

javascript.parent();

You can also select the immediate parent only if it satisfies the given selector:

javascript.parent(selector);

Example

Let's find the element #test then find its parent with parent and set the text '!' to it with html:

html<p>outside</p>
<div>
  <p>inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
  <p id="test">inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
</div>
<p>outside</p>

javascript$('#test').parent().html('!');

HTML the code will look like this:

html<p>outside</p>
<div>
  !
</div>
<p>outside</p>

Example

Let's find the element #test then find its parent with parent and if that parent is div with class www then set the text '!' to it with html:

html<p>outside</p>
<div class="www">
  <p>inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
  <p id="test">inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
  <p>inside</p>
</div>
<p>outside</p>

javascript$('#test').parent('div.www').html('!');

HTML the code will look like this:

html<p>outside</p>
<div class="www">
  !
</div>
<p>outside</p>

See also