How to find a specific parent in the DOM using jquery

Question

I am trying to match a parent in the following HTML

<tbody>
<tr id="group-1" class="group">
 <td>
  <div class="GroupHeader">
    Group1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditGroupItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditGroupItem?GroupID=1">Edit</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="CriteriaMoveUp"><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/GroupMovePosition?GroupID=1&amp;MoveType=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="CriteriaMoveDown"><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/GroupMovePosition?GroupID=1&amp;MoveType=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="GroupDelete"><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteGroup?GroupID=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a></span>
  </div>
  <table>
  <tbody>
  <tr id="1" class="selection">
   <td>
     Number1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=1">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=1&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=1&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="2" class="selection">
   <td>
     Price2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=2">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=2&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=2&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=2&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="3" class="selection">
   <td>
     Single Line Text3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=3">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=3&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=3&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=3&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="4" class="selection">
   <td>
     Single Line Text4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=4">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=4&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=4&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=4&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="5" class="selection">
   <td>
     Single Line Text5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=5">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=5&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=5&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=5&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  <tr id="6" class="selection">
   <td>
     Number6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="CriteriaEditOptions"><a id="EditCriteriaItem" href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/EditCriteriaItem?CriteriaID=6">Edit</a></span> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=6&amp;MoveType1=0&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Up</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/CriteriaItemMovePosition?CriteriaItemID=6&amp;MoveType1=1&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Down</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/Template/DeleteCriteriaItem?CriteriaItemID=6&amp;rtn=http%253a%252f%252flocalhost%253a52724%252fTemplate%252fEditTemplate%253fCategoryID%253d6">Delete</a>
   </td>
  </tr>
  </tbody>
  </table>
 </td>
</tr>
</tbody>

I am located at

<div class="GroupHeader">

And I am trying to match the parent at

<tr id="group-1" class="group">

is there a way to do this in jquery? I have tried using parent() but it didn't work

Ian Henry · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-27 21:11:20Z

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You can use closest('tr') to get the first parent that matches the supplied selector.

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 21:11

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karim79 Over a year ago

+1, but shouldn't that be closest('tr.group') (just in case :) ?

Scott Evernden · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-27 21:12:25Z

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.parents('tr') seeks upward

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 21:12

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Cristian Sanchez · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-27 21:14:15Z

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parent only looks one level up. Use parents to look multiple levels up.

$current.parents("#group-1 .group")

answered Aug 27, 2010 at 21:14

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