satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 08:46:57 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Here is a quick run down on selectors:my original notes on jquery

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 08:47:21 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

A note from jquery forum

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 08:47:35 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

How can I search through parents in jquery?

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satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 09:17:50 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

You can do this with closest


$(linkElement).closest("div.manage_expanded").hide();

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 09:18:27 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Here is the API doc for it

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 10:02:26 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Here is an example


<script>
function showManage(linkElement)
{
    var manageDiv = $(linkElement).closest("div.manage");
    var expandedManageDiv = manageDiv.siblings("div.manage_expanded");
    
    expandedManageDiv.show();
    manageDiv.hide();
    //return false;
}  
function hideManage(linkElement)
{
    var expandedManageDiv = $(linkElement).closest("div.manage_expanded");
    var manageDiv = expandedManageDiv.siblings("div.manage");
    
    expandedManageDiv.hide();
    manageDiv.show();
    //return false;
}  
</script>

<div class="manage">
<p>
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="javascript:showManage(this)">Manage</a>
</p>
</div>

<div class="manage_expanded" style="display:none">
<p>
<a href="javascript:void(0)" onClick="hideManage(this)">Hide</a>
<a href="">Folder</a>
<a href="">xml</a>
<a href="">template</a>
</p>
</div>

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 10:02:40 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

This uses siblings method as well

satya - Sun Oct 14 2012 10:03:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

Here are all the tree traversal methods from jquery