jQuery parentsUntil()

Introduction

The parentsUntil() method returns all ancestor elements between the selector and stop.

An ancestor is a parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, and so on.

If both parameters are empty, this method will return all ancestor elements.

$(selector).parentsUntil(stop,filter)

Parameter	Optional	Description
stop	Optional.	A selector expression, element or jQuery object indicating where to stop the search
filter	Optional.	a selector expression to narrow down the search To return multiple ancestors, separate each expression with a comma.

Return all ancestor elements between <span> and <div>:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.ancestors * {/* w ww  . ja v a 2  s  . c  o  m*/
  display: block;
  border: 2px solid lightgrey;
  color: lightgrey;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 15px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("span").parentsUntil("div")
      .css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid red"});
});
</script>
</head>

<body class="ancestors"> body
  <div style="width:500px;">div
    <ul>ul
      <li>li
        <span>span</span>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</body>

</html>

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