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Question

How can I avoid .prev().prev().prev() calls? Is there a shortcut for this?

Answer 1

You can use .prevAll in combination with eq or :eq , since prevAll returns the set of elements in the reverse order, starting from the element closest to the current element [0] , equivalent to .prev().prev().prev() will be .prevAll().eq(2) or .prevAll(':eq(2)') .

See this simple demo: http://www.jsfiddle.net/QZYHN/

Answer 2

You can do prevAll() with a selector.

 $('div').prevAll('a:last') 

Answer 3

Try closest , which searches for the closest ancestor that matches the selector. eg.

 $(this).closest('table').find('selector') 

Edit: Added find () function at the end

Answer 4

take a look at nth-child in jquery, may be useful ...