dom-closest

For a given DOM element, find the first ancestor that matches a given CSS selector.

Installation

npm install dom-closest

API

closest(elem, selector[, context])

• element (Element): a starting DOM Element.
• selector (String): the CSS selector of the ancestor to find.
• context (Element): a DOM node to use as search context (optional).

var closest = require('dom-closest');

var photo = document.querySelector('.photo');
var timeline = document.querySelector('.timeline');

closest(photo, '.tweet');
// => Element

closest(photo, '.tweet', timeline);
// => Element

Browser support

• Google Chrome
• Firefox 4+
• Internet Explorer 8+
• Safari 5+
• Opera

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