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Hi Friends
I have textarea with id="txt1" within the div tag.(dont know the div id)
with textarea id i want to find the outer tag div id.
how??????
thanks friends
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Hi,

Try like the following:

C#
var $div = $('#txt1').closest('div');


OR

$(this).closest("div");


Thanks
 
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JavaScript
document.getElementById("txt1").parentElement.id
 
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Hi....
With jQuery you can use .closest() or .parent() (though parent only looks up 1 level, whereas .closest() goes up until it find something). I've always found .closest() easier and more robust, as it will work if you change the markup (i.e. you wrap stuff in a <span> or something).

Anyways, here's the jQuery version:

Java
<input type="radio" onlick="var id = $(this).closest('table').attr('id');" />


If you don't use a library, you can do this with just JavaScript as well.

The JavaScript:

JavaScript
function findAncestorByTagName(start, tagName) {
    if (tagName.toUpperCase() === start.nodeName.toUpperCase()) {
        return start;
    }
    else if (start === document.body) {
        return false;
    }
    else {
        return findAncestorByTagName(start.parentNode, tagName);
    }
}


The onclick handler you'll have to add:

JavaScript
<input type="radio" onclick="var par = findAncestorByTagName(this, 'div'); if (par && par.id) { /* use par.id */ }" />
 
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