Over the past couple of weeks I’ve stumbled over the same issue with jQuery a number of times. When you’re in an each loop within jQuery or some other reason when you’re using $(this), I continually have problems with finding and selecting a parent of $(this)

After a bit of searching, I’ve come across a lifesaver function built into jQuery. Closest()!

Quite simply…

$(this).closest('.class-name')

Seems to be working pretty good so far!