jQuery parent()
get parent <div>
<!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").parent("div").css("background-color", "yellow"); });/*w ww . j a va2 s . c om*/ </script> </head> <body> <p>This is a p element in body.</p> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>This is a p element.</p> <span>This is a span element.</span> <p>This is also a p element.</p> </div><br> <div style="border:1px solid;"> <p>This is a p element.</p> <span>This is a span element.</span> <p>This is also a p element.</p> </div> <p>This is also a p element in body.</p> </body> </html>