jQuery Traversing
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <div class="box"> <span>I am a span inside a div.</span> </div> <script> $(document).ready(function() { // Start at the <span>, then walk one step up to its parent $("span").parent().css("border", "2px solid red"); }); </script> </body> </html>