16488 2012-03-23 07:57:36 +0000 Consider adding parent() / ancestor() method 2014-05-26 14:25:59 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG DOM unspecified PC Windows 3.1 RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 annevk annevk dhtmlkitchen erik.arvidsson hasather lachlan.hunt mike ojan sebastianzartner www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 65971 0 annevk 2012-03-23 07:57:36 +0000 The method either takes a function or a selector. While walking up the parent chain from the node on which the method was invoked, If the function returns true or the selector matches for the current node, it is returned, or null otherwise. Suggestion from Ojan. 78579 1 annevk 2012-11-21 18:45:43 +0000 Lachy, this might be something you're working on? 79110 2 annevk 2012-11-29 11:47:34 +0000 Okay, so basically this is the method that is desired: Element.prototype.ancestor = function(selector) { var node = this while((node = node.parent) && node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE) if(node.matches(selector)) return node return null } Correct? 89387 3 hasather 2013-06-17 10:11:22 +0000 Anne, I think a method that returns the element itself or an ancestor (what the specification calls an _inclusive ancestor_) would be more useful. This is typically what you want when doing event delegation. The method name inclusiveAncestor() is not optimal though, so it would need some thinking. 106655 4 hasather 2014-05-22 15:03:32 +0000 jQuery and Dojo calls this closest(): http://api.jquery.com/closest/> and http://dojotoolkit.org/reference-guide/1.9/dojo/NodeList-traverse.html#closest Tab also suggested closest() a while ago: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jan/0051.html It's not a verb, but neither is before() and after() for example. 106798 5 annevk 2014-05-26 14:25:48 +0000 https://github.com/whatwg/dom/commit/fd69cc7ed9251d12b1185b24e6f89d3f0481f39d Thanks David, hope you're enjoying your time off :-)