jQuery is()

Introduction

If the parent of <p> is a <div> element, alert some text:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("p").click(function(){
    if ($("p").parent().is("div")) {
      document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Parent of p is div";
    }/* ww w  . ja v a  2 s. c  o  m*/
  });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<p id="demo"></p>
<div>
  <p>Click me to find out if I my parent is a div element.</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

The is() method checks if one of the selected elements matches the selector_Element.

$(selector).is(selector_Element,function(index,element))

Parameter	Optional	Description
selector_Element	Required.	a selector expression, element or a jQuery object to match. Returns true if there is at least one match Returns false if not.
function(index,element)	Optional.	a function to run for the selected elements. index - the index position of the element element - the current element

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