JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by TJ VanToll
HTML
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
<ul id="found">
<li><code>closest</code> sporadically fails in Internet Explorer 11.</li>
</ul>
JavaScript
for (var i = 1; i <= 50; i++) {
document.body.innerHTML +=
i + ': ' + $( "li" ).closest( "#found" ).attr( "id" );
document.body.innerHTML += "<br>";
}