Is there any way in jQuery to check if any parent, grand-parent, great-grand-parent has a class.
I have a markup structure that has left me doing this sort of thing in the code:
$(elem).parent().parent().parent().parent().hasClass('left')
However, for code readability i'd like to avoid this sort of thing. Is there any way to say "any parent/grandparent/great-grand-parent has this class"?
I am using jQuery 1.7.2.
if ($elem.parents('.left').length) {
}
There are many ways to filter for element ancestors.
if ($elem.closest('.parentClass').length /* > 0*/) {/*...*/}
if ($elem.parents('.parentClass').length /* > 0*/) {/*...*/}
if ($elem.parents().hasClass('parentClass')) {/*...*/}
if ($('.parentClass').has($elem).length /* > 0*/) {/*...*/}
if ($elem.is('.parentClass *')) {/*...*/}
Beware, closest()
method includes element itself while checking for selector.
Alternatively, if you have a unique selector matching the $elem
, e.g #myElem
, you can use:
if ($('.parentClass:has(#myElem)').length /* > 0*/) {/*...*/}
if(document.querySelector('.parentClass #myElem')) {/*...*/}
If you want to match an element depending any of its ancestor class for styling purpose only, just use a CSS rule:
.parentClass #myElem { /* CSS property set */ }
You can use parents
method with specified .class
selector and check if any of them matches it:
if ($elem.parents('.left').length != 0) {
//someone has this class
}