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Alert the id of the parent element?

         

JAB Creations

5:35 pm on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

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How can I access/alert the ID of a parent element?

- John

<div id="i_want_to_alert_this_id">
<a href="javascript:alert_parent_id();">alert parent ID</a>
</div>

coopster

6:18 pm on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



Use it's parentNode:
<div id="i_want_to_alert_this_id"> 
<a href="" onclick="alert(this.parentNode.id)">alert parent ID</a>
</div>

JAB Creations

6:50 pm on May 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Thanks coopster! That worked great! :)

- John