jQuery :parent Selector


The :parent selector in jQuery is used to select all elements that are the parent of another element.

Syntax

The syntax is as follows −

$(":parent")

Example

Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery :parent selector −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   .one {
      background-color: blue;
      color: white;
      font-size: 18px;
      border: 2px blue dashed;
   }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      $("th:parent").addClass("one");
   });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Result</h2>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th></th>
<th>Player</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>Virat Kohli</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>Steve Smith</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>David Warner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>Kane Williamson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>Ben Stokes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>Rohit Sharma</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Updated on: 05-Nov-2019

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