JQuery: finding the second closest div

Question

How to find the second closest div?

For example, to get the closest, I successfully use:

var closest_div_id = $(this).closest('div').attr('id');

Now, how do I get the second nearest? Sort of:

$(this).(closest('div').closest('div')).attr('id'); ???

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luqita Jul 10 '12 at 19:41

3 answers

$(this).closest('div').parent().closest('div').attr('id');

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rodneyrehm 10 . '12 19:50

For better performance than eq, you can use slice:

var secondClosest = $(this).parents("div").slice(1, 2).attr('id');

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micadelli Jul 10 '12 at 19:53

Frédéric hamidi · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-10T19:44:53+0000

Assuming it is thisnot an element <div>, you can pass the parents () selector and write:

var secondClosestId = $(this).parents("div").eq(1).attr("id");

parents()returns ancestors ordered from closest to external, so eq()you can use it here. See this question for a general case.