jQuery Traversing Ancestors Parent Example

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<h1>jQuery Traversing Ancestors - <code>parent()</code> Method</h1>
		<p>Click the item names to highlight their direct parent <strong><li></strong> element.</p>

<div class="list-container" id="listContainer">
			<ul>
				<li id="item1">Item One <span class="selectable">[Click Me]</span></li>
				<li id="item2">Item Two <span class="selectable">[Click Me]</span></li>
				<li id="item3">Item Three <span class="selectable">[Click Me]</span></li>
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<div class="info-box" id="infoBox">Click a “Click Me” label above.</div>

// select this span and its immediate parent <li>
					$(this).addClass('selected');
					const $parentLi = $(this).parent();

// highlight the parent <li>
					$parentLi.css('background-color', '#C8E6C9');
					$('#infoBox').text('Highlighted parent: ' + $parentLi.attr('id'));
				});
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