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Kevin Dunn
6,623 PointsUsing closest() in jQuery
What does it mean to traverse up or down using the closest() method in jQuery?
1 Answer
Ash Scott
435 PointsHi Kevin Dunn,
It simply means to scan the DOM upwards (meaning it checks all its parent elements), for the first element it finds which matches what's in the brackets. The jQuery Docs has some good examples :)
Good luck! Ash
Kevin Dunn
6,623 PointsKevin Dunn
6,623 Pointsthanks!