referencing parent divs 1

[jpadie]

i have the following approximate html

<div>
  sometextnode
  <button onclick="callsomejs(this.parent);">Press Me</button>
</div>

i am trying to provide a script with a reference to the div in which the button resides. I know i can work around this with explicit id's but that's not what i'm after.

i would have thought that the div is the button's parent here but i am getting an error that indicates that the parent is undefined. I guess that a button can only have a form as a parent.

Therefore: is there any js nomenclature that allows me to reference the div in which the button is resident?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Use "parentNode", not "parent"

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[jpadie]

oh god...

how dumb am I!

thanks,
Justin