Click to find all unique div parent elements of each span.

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ function showParents() { $("div").css("border-color", "white"); var len = $("span.selected") .parents("div") .css("border", "2px red solid") .length; $("b").text("Unique div parents: " + len); } $("span").click(function () { $(this).toggleClass("selected"); showParents(); }); }); </script> <style> p, div, span {margin:2px; padding:1px; } div { border:2px #3c3c3c solid; } span { cursor:pointer; font-size:12px; } .selected { color:blue; } b { color:red; display:block; font-size:14px; } </style> </head> <body> <p> <div> <div><span>Hello</span></div> <span>Hello Again</span> </div> <div> <span>And Hello Again</span> </div> </p> <b>Click Hellos to toggle their parents.</b> </body> </html>
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