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How to reach the uncle using jquery


<div id="grandfather">
  <div id="uncle"></div>
  <div id="father>
    <div id="me"></div>
  </div>
</div>

I am at $("#me") , and I want to select my uncle, using stuff like :

 $("#me").find("#uncle")
 $("#me").next("#uncle")
 $("#me").prev("#uncle")

How ?


Solution

  • You could use $.parent and $.prev assuming your uncle is always above your father:

    $(this).parent().prev(); // where 'this' is #me
    

    You could also go all the way up to your grandfather, and find uncles from there:

    $(this).parents("#grandfather").find(".uncles");
    

    Or you could search your father's siblings:

    $(this).parent().siblings("#uncle");
    

    I would encourage you to read the Traversing portion of the jQuery API for various other methods.