A jQuery plugin to find a form field’s associated `label` elements.

jquery.labels.js

/*
    jQuery plugin to find all <label> elements
    associated with the currently selected form field
    elements (typically <input>, <select> or <textarea>)
    
    eg: $('input').labels();
*/
$.fn.labels = function () {
    return this.map(function () {
        if (this.labels) {
            return $(this.labels).toArray();
        }
        
        return $('label[for=' + this.id + ']')
            .toArray()
            .concat(
                $(this)
                    .closest('label')
                    .not('[for]')
                    .toArray()
            );
    });
};