Select parent
Description
The following code shows how to select parent with parent selector $("td:parent").
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 w w w. j ava 2s. c om-->
$("td:parent").fadeTo(1500, 0.3);
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Value 1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Value 2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>