jQuery - Getting the second level parent of an element

Solution 1:

For selecting a second parent

parents(':eq(1)')

looks smoother than

parent().parent()

Also, you might find that

closest('ul')

fits the job better.

try:

$(this).parent().parent().find('.thingtofind').text();

parents() returns a list, so this works:

$(this).parents()[1];

$('.mixPlayCell a').click(function() {
  elem = $(this).parent().parent();
  title = $("tag selector goes here",elem).html();
});

Something like this?