Get parent
Description
The following code shows how to get parent for a form input element.
Example
<html>
<head>
<script
src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {<!--from ww w . ja va2 s . c o m-->
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>