jquery dom traversal parent

1/*
2For accessing parent element details by using reference of children element.
3Just Take a look on below example:
4*/
5
6<div id="parentDiv">
7	<p>Child paragraph element</p>
8</div>
9
10$(document).ready(function(){
11  alert($("p").parent().attr("id"));  // output: parentDiv
12});
13
14/*
15I hope it will help you.
16Namaste
17*/

1$( "li.item-a" ).parent().css( "background-color", "red" );
2