[jQuery] Re: Selecting parent id

var getParent = function(){
myparentID = $(this).parent().parent().parent().attr("id");
parentID = "My table ID is: " + myparentID;
alert (parentID);
};

$("td").bind("click", getParent);

Hope that helps,
Manowar721

On Jan 31, 3:01 pm, Chrille <christoffer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a lot of tables, like this:
>
> <table id="stuff1"><tr><td>lorem</td><td>ipsum</td></table>
> <table id="stuff2"><tr><td>lorem2</td><td>ipsum2</td></table>
>
> I want to loop through all td:s and select the id of the parent table.
> What is the best solution for that?
>
> $('table td').each(function(){
>    // select the parent table id here
>    $('parenttable').attr("id");
>
> });
>
> Best regards,
> Christoffer