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jQuery Parent Selector
The :parent selector in jQuery is used to select all elements that are the parent of another element.
Syntax
The syntax is as follows −
$(":parent")
Example
Let us now see an example to implement the jQuery :parent selector −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> .one { background-color: blue; color: white; font-size: 18px; border: 2px blue dashed; } </style> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("th:parent").addClass("one"); }); </script> </head> <body> <h2>Result</h2> <table border="1"> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th></th> <th>Player</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>100</td> <td>Virat Kohli</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>80</td> <td>Steve Smith</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>75</td> <td>David Warner</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>60</td> <td>Kane Williamson</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>50</td> <td>Ben Stokes</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>45</td> <td>Rohit Sharma</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
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