JavaScript · DOM and events

closest

Walks up the ancestor chain and returns the nearest matching element. Ideal for event delegation.

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Syntax

el.closest(selector)

Example

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const card = document.createElement("div");
card.className = "card";
const inner = document.createElement("span");
card.append(inner);
console.log(inner.closest(".card") === card);

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