jQuery Ancestors
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <div> <p>This paragraph contains a <span>span element</span> inside it.</p> </div> <script> $(document).ready(function() { // Highlight the element that directly contains each <span> $("span").parent().css({ "color": "red", "border": "2px solid red" }); }); </script> </body> </html>