parent selector jquery code example

Example 1: select parent of element jquery

$(this).parent(); // jquery

Example 2: get parent element using jquery

/*
For accessing parent element details by using reference of children element.
Just Take a look on below example:
*/

<div id="parentDiv">
	<p>Child paragraph element</p>
</div>

$(document).ready(function(){
  alert($("p").parent().attr("id"));  // output: parentDiv
});

/*
I hope it will help you.
Namaste
*/

Example 3: jquery dom traversal parent

$( "li.item-a" ).parent().css( "background-color", "red" );

Example 4: parent soql query

for(University__c u: [select Name,(select Name from colleges__r) from university__c])
{   
    for(College__c c:u.Colleges__r)
         System.debug('University Name:'+u.Name+'   College Name:'+c.Name);
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