jQuery Traversing Ancestors Parents Selector Example

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				border: 2px solid #3949ab;
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			.wrapper {
				margin: 15px;
				padding: 15px;
				border: 2px dashed #1e88e5;
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				background: #e3f2fd;
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			.highlight {
				background-color: #ff0 !important; /* light green */
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<h1>jQuery Traversing Ancestors - <code>parents('.wrapper')</code> Method</h1>
		<p>Click the innermost box. Only the ancestor elements matching the selector <code>.wrapper</code> will be highlighted, demonstrating how the optional selector filters the set.</p>

<div class="outer">
			<div class="wrapper" id="level1">
				<div class="wrapper" id="level2">
					<div class="inner-box" id="inner">Click Me</div>
				</div>
			</div>
			<div class="wrapper" id="sibling">Sibling Target (not ancestor)</div>
		</div>

<div class="info" id="infoBox">Click the inner box above.</div>

// collect only ancestors matching '.wrapper'
					var $matches = $(this).parents('.wrapper');
					$matches.addClass('highlight');

// list matched ancestor IDs
					var ids = $matches.map(function() {
						return '#' + this.id;
					}).get().join(' → ');
					$('#infoBox').text(
						ids
						? 'Matched ancestors of #inner: ' + ids
						: 'No ancestors matched .wrapper'
					);
				});
			});
		</script>

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