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Created June 11, 2019 09:06
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Climbs the DOM to find a parent element
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climb-the-dom.js
var el = $('#some-element');
var selector = '#some-elements-parent-further-up-the-dom';
for ( ; el && el !== document; el = el.parentNode ) {
if ( el.matches( selector ) ) return el;
}
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