Conside below html -

<div class=container1>

   <div class=container2>

      <div class=container3>

         <div class=container4>

             <div class=element>

             ...

         </div>

      </div>

   </div>

</div>

if I want to get <div class=element> element and I have reference to the container1. In jquery what I do is,

$(.container1).find(.element)

instead of -

$(.container1).children().children().children().find(.element)

This is process to find any child element when I have reference to any of the parent element. But instead when I have reference to a child element and want to get parent element then every time I have to go one level up -

$(.element).parent().parent().parent().parent()

and I can't do like this -

$(.element).findParent()

I have not come across any method like findParent() in jquery. Is there which I am not aware of? Or is it not there for some reason?