Question

I am building menu with jquery, and I have set active class to selected element but I want to give active class to every parent element, can that be done

<ul class="cdrvo" id="nav">
        <li class="nod1" id="1"><a class=" " href="items.aspx?itemID=1">Ljevi Meni</a>
            <ul style="display: none; visibility: hidden;" >
                <li class="nod3" id="3"><a class=" " href="items.aspx?itemID=3">3</a>
                    <ul style="display: none; visibility: hidden;" >
                        <li class="nod12 active" id="12"><a class=" " href="items.aspx?itemID=12">12</a></li>
                        <li class="nod13" id="13"><a class=" " href="items.aspx?itemID=13">13</a></li>
                    </ul>
                </li>
                <li class="nod6" id="6"><a class=" " href="items.aspx?itemID=6">6</a></li>                    
            </ul>
        </li>
    </ul>

Answer 1

element.parents().addClass('active');

This will add the active class to ALL the elements parents (including body).
You can filter the parents with selectors that suits your needs :

element.parents('ul').addClass('active');