[jQuery] Re: How can I select an element's parent?

Sig, the parent of your <a> element is the <li>, which has no id attribute.

It sounds like you want the class attribute, not the id, so you could
change:

.attr('id')

To:

.attr('className')

-Mike

> From: Macsig
>
> Thanks Richard for your reply.
>
> I have tried your code but looks like something is wrong.
> To be sure I catch the right id I tried something like
>
> $("#product_links a").bind("click", function() { alert( $
> (this).parent().attr("id") ); });
>
> and I get an empty alert window.
>
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks again for your help. I appreciate it
>
>
>
> Sig
>
>
> On Aug 1, 11:46 am, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > $("#product_links a ").bind("click", function() {
> >   pupup_elemet( $(this).parent().attr("id") );
> >
> > });
> >
> > - Richard
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM, macsig <sigbac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello guys,
> > > I'm trying to update a script I found out there in order to fit
> > > better my needs.
> >
> > > The first step I want to update is the capability to bind
> a dynamic
> > > number of anchors.
> > > Right now with the HTML below
> >
> > > <ul id="product_links">
> > >   <li class="first" ><a>FIRST></a></li>
> > >   <li class="second">SECOND</a></li>
> > >   <li class="third"><a>THIRD</a></li> </ul>
> >
> > > I have the script below:
> >
> > >  $("#product_links .first a ").bind("click", function(){
> > > pupup_element ("first"); });
> > >  $("#product_links .second a ").bind("click", function(){
> > > pupup_element ("second");});
> > >  $("#product_links .third a ").bind("click", function(){
> > > pupup_element ("third");});
> >
> > > It works fine but since the number of anchors changes dynamically
> > > (through RoR) I'd like to have just 1 line that binds all
> the anchors.
> > > So here 2 questions for you:
> >
> > > - how can I select an element's parent?
> > > - Does the code below work?
> >
> > >  $("#product_links a ").bind("click", function(){ pupup_elemet
> > > ("this.PARENT.id");});
> >
> > > basically I want to bind all the anchors within the product_links
> > > list to popup_element function that takes as a parameter
> the ID of
> > > the anchor parent. In my case the id of the list item.
> >
> > > Thanks and have a nice weekend.
> >
> > > Sig
>