JS get parent id of a child from within a child

Question

I have these 3 divs

Is there a way to get the id parent when you click on that child of child, and if yes, how?

function getParentId(el) {
  //get the id "parent"
}

<div id="parent">
  <div class="child">
    <div class="child-of-child" onClick="getParentId(this)">
      <!-- some code here -->
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Hey @EvanKnowles, i mean the el.parent.of.parent cause my div is a child of a child of a parent...o god this is dizzy stuff :( — emma, Aug 15 '18 at 07:37
Also read this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8685739/difference-between-dom-parentnode-and-parentelement — mplungjan, Aug 15 '18 at 07:39
- To get ID attribute: el.parentElement.parentElement.getAttribute('id') — Muhammad Sadiq, Aug 15 '18 at 07:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '18 at 07:33

2

You can use Node.parentNode:

function getParentId(el){
   var p = el.parentNode.parentNode;
   console.log(p.id);
}

<div id="parent">
    <div class="child">
        <div class="child-of-child" onClick="getParentId(this)">
        <!-- some code here -->
        Click
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

answered Aug 15 '18 at 07:33

Mamun

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Thank you @Mamun! It works now :D thank you thank you thank you <3 – emma Aug 15 '18 at 07:50
@emma, you are most welcome :) – Mamun Aug 15 '18 at 07:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 15 '18 at 07:33

1

You can use el.parentElement inside the click function:

function getParentId(el){
   var id = el.parentElement.parentElement.id;
   console.log(id);
}

<div id="parent">
    <div class="child">
        <div class="child-of-child" onClick="getParentId(this)">
        click
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

answered Aug 15 '18 at 07:33

Ankit Agarwal

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Thank you @AnkitAngarwal, it works now, i used another answer already but thank you so so so much for taking time to answer! <3 – emma Aug 15 '18 at 07:51
@emma glad to help – Ankit Agarwal Aug 15 '18 at 07:57

JS get parent id of a child from within a child

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