Get form input parent
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var input = $(":submit").parent().css({background:"yellow", border:"3px red solid"}); $('#result').text('jQuery matched ' + input.length + ' elements.'); }); </script> </head> <body> <form><input type="submit" /></form> <div id="result"></div> </body> </html>