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Using jQuery to Get the Parent Div of an Element

January 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

To get the parent div of an element we can simply use the jQuery parent() method.

$("#div1").parent();

Let’s say we have the following HTML:

<div id="div1">
  <div>
    <p>We will get the parent div of this paragraph.</p>
  </div>
</div>

If we want to change the background color of only the div that contains the paragraph above, we will use the jQuery parent() method along with the css() method.

$("#div1 p").parent().css("background", "green");

If you are using WordPress, don’t forget to change the $ to jQuery as below:

jQuery("#div1 p").parent().css("background", "green");

Using jQuery to Get and Change the Parent Div of an Element

In this example, we will get the parent div of a paragraph and change its background color. We will also add some simple styles to the divs.

Here is the simple HTML setup.

<style>.divs { padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; }</style>
<div class="divs">
  <div class="divs">
    <p id="p2">We will change the background color of the parent div of this paragraph.</p>
  </div>
</div>
<div id="click-me">Change background</div>

We will utilize the jQuery click(), css(), and parent() methods to change the background color of only the paragraph’s parent div, when the button is clicked.

Here is the JavaScript code:

$("#click-me").click(function(){
    $(".divs p").parent().css("background", "#c1e9c1");
});

The final code and output for this example of how to get and change the parent div of an element using jQuery is below:

Code Output:

We will change the background color of the parent div of this paragraph.

Change background

Full Code:

<style>.divs { padding: 20px; border: 1px solid #000; }</style>
<div class="divs">
  <div class="divs">
    <p id="p2">We will change the background color of the parent div of this paragraph.</p>
  </div>
</div>
<div id="click-me">Change background</div>

<script>

$("#click-me").click(function(){
    $(".divs p").parent().css("background", "#c1e9c1");
});

</script>

Hopefully this article has been useful for you to understand how to use jQuery to get the parent div of an element.

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