jQuery closest() with Example

Csharp Server Side Programming Programming

The closest() method in jQuery is used to return the first ancestor of the selected element.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(selector).closest(filter)

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery closest() method −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   .demo * {
      display: block;
      border: 2px solid blue;
      padding: 5px;
      margin: 15px;
   }
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("span").closest("ol").css({"background-color": "orange", "color": "black","border": "3px dashed orange"});
   });
</script>
</head>
<body class="demo">body
<div style="width:600px;">
<ol>ol
<ol>ol
<ol>ol
<li>li
<span>span</span>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>