[jQuery] Re: Problem traversing up list

Did you try this: alert($('#item1-1').parent().attr('id'));

On 27 Nov., 12:56, ximo wallas <igguan...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello there, after too much sarching I have almost give it up with the following.
> I have a list with another list nested:
> <ul>
>     <li id="item1">Item 1
>       <ul>
>         <li id="item1-1">
>           Item 1 - 1
>         </li>
>         <li id="item1-2">
>
>           Item 1 - 2
>
>         </li>
>       </ul>
>     </li>
> </ul>
> Let's say I know the ID of "item1-2" or "item1-1" how can I get the id of the li (item1)?
> I have tried with:
> alert($('#item1-1').parentNode().id)
> But it gaves me an error, maybe just because it is an aberration...