Question

var classes = $(this).attr('class').split(' '); // this gets the current element classes

var classes = $(this).parent().attr('class').split(' '); // this gets the parent classes.

The parent in the above situation is an ankor.

If I wanted to get the first parent DIV of $(this) what would the code look like?

var classes = $(this).div:parent().attr('class').split(' '); // just a quick try.

* Basically I want to get the classes of the first parent DIV of $(this).

thx

Answer 1

Use .closest() to traverse up the DOM tree up to the specified selector.

var classes = $(this).parent().closest('div').attr('class').split(' '); // this gets the parent classes.