Selector.parent Method

Selects parent elements.

Syntax #

parent #

Selector().parent() → Selector

Finds the parents of all nodes in the matched set (first element in the set is the closest parent).

parent(index) #

Selector().parent(index) → Selector

Finds the parents of all nodes in the matched set and filters them by index.

Argument	Type	Description
`index`	Number	The zero-based index (`0` is the closest parent). If `index` is negative, the index is counted from the end of the matched set.

parent(cssSelector) #

Selector().parent(cssSelector) → Selector

Finds the parents of all nodes in the matched set and uses a CSS selector to filter them.

Argument	Type	Description
`cssSelector`	String	The CSS selector string used to filter child elements.

parent(filterFn, dependencies) #

Selector().parent(filterFn [, dependencies]) → Selector

Finds the parents of all nodes in the matched set and uses a predicate to filter them.

Argument	Type	Description
`filterFn`	Function	The predicate used to filter the elements.
`dependencies` (optional)	Object	Functions, variables, or objects passed to the `filterFn` function.

See Filtering DOM Elements by Predicates.

Examples #

// Selects all ancestors of all ul elements.
Selector('ul').parent();

// Selects all closest parents of all input elements.
Selector('input').parent(0);

// Selects all furthest ancestors of all labels.
Selector('label').parent(-1);

// Selects all divs that are ancestors of an 'a' element.
Selector('a').parent('div');

Filtering DOM Elements by Predicates #

Functions that search for elements in the DOM tree allow you to use a filterFn predicate to filter the matched set.

The filterFn predicate is executed on the client side and accepts the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
`node`	The current matching node.
`idx`	A matching node's zero-based index.
`originNode`	A node from the left-hand selector's matched set whose parents/siblings/children are being iterated.

Selector('section').prevSibling((node, idx, originNode) => {
    // node === the <section>'s preceding sibling node
    // idx === index of the current <section>'s preceding sibling node
    // originNode === the <section> element
});

The dependencies parameter allows you to pass objects to the filterFn client-side scope where they appear as variables.

const isNodeOk = (node, idx, originNode) => { /*...*/ };

Selector('ul').prevSibling((node, idx, originNode) => {
    return isNodeOk(node, idx, originNode);
}, { isNodeOk });