Demo JQuery .parent() & .parents()

by Harsha Jayamanna

HTML

<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
    <div>  
        <div class="item box1" id="box1">1</div>
        <div class="item" id="box2">2</div>
        <div class="item" id="box3">3</div>
        <div class="item rat" id="box4">4</div> 
    </div>
    <label>Im the original parent</label>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

CSS

.inside {
  margin:10px;
  padding:10px;
  background-color:#ddd;    
}

JavaScript

var parentEls = $( ".rat" ).parents();

parentEls.each(function (i, obj) {
	if($(obj).find( "> label" ).length){
  	console.log($(obj).attr('class'));
  }
});


console.log(parentEls);