Question

I’m using the closest method to find an attribute within a div:

 .closest($('div[my-attribute]'));

The attribute could also exist within an li element:

 .closest($('li[my-attribute]'));

What is an elegant way of finding the attribute within the ‘li’ if it is not found in the div?

Something like:

var closest = myDiv.closest($('div[my-attribute]'));
if(closest == null){
    closest = myDiv.closest($('li[my-attribute]'));
}

Answer 1

This will return the closest of parents containing the attribute “my-attribute”, regardless of weather the element is div, li (or anything else).

var closest = myDiv.closest('[my-attribute]');