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parent()

Returns the parents of the elements in a set. (In HTML, a parent is an element that contains

another element.)

To get an ancestor that matches a particular selector, use closest() (see "closest()" on

page440).

Example

Assume that there are three paragraphs in a Box and that one of those paragraphs matches the

selector of this script. The paragraph is stored in the results object (see "results" on page472).

The script retrieves the Box (which is the parent of the paragraph) using results.parent(), and

then changes its background color to red.

results.parent().css('background-color' , 'red');

prepend()

Insert contentat the beginningof each element in the set of HTML elements that match the

selector of the script or of another query in the template (see "query()" on page465).See also:

"append()" on page433.

prepend(content)

Insert contentas the first element toeach element in the set of HTML elements that match the

selector of the script or of another query in the template (see "query()" on page465).Append

creates a new result set.

content

HTML string, string or HTML string to insert after the matched elements. In case a plain text

string is provided, it is automatically wrapped in a <span> element to avoid orphan text nodes

to appear in the <body> element.

Examples

This script inserts a heading as the first element in an element that has the ID #box.

results.prepend("<h1>Personal information</h1>");

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