closest

v0.0.1
Find the closest parent that matches a selector.
browserify CSS selector closest parents jquery

Closest

Similar to jQuery's $.fn.closest and $.fn.parents. Finds the closest parent that matches a selector.

Installation

$ npm install closest

API

closest(element, selector, checkSelf)

  • element - will check this elements parents
  • selector - CSS selector to match parents
  • checkSelf - check element. If falsey, will begin with element.parentNode and is synonymous to $.fn.parents. Otherwise, it's $.fn.closest.

Example:

var closest = require('cosest');

closest(document.body, 'html') === document.documentElement
closest(document.body, 'body', true) === document.body
closest(document.documentElement, 'html') == null

License

MIT

npm i closest

Metadata

  • MIT
  • Whatever
  • Jonathan Ong
  • released 3/13/2013

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