access outer element using jquery

Question

I have an issue where I need to know what the outer li element is within the example here using jquery. Is this possible please?

http://jsfiddle.net/f5HHj/2/

Thanks, James

Answer 1

With the .parent() function you can get the parents of an HTML element, see my demo: http://jsfiddle.net/f5HHj/3/

$('.Box a').click(function() {
    alert('You clicked a link in the ' + $(this).parent().parent().attr('class') + ' list item.');                                           
})