:parent Selector - Javascript jQuery Selector

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Description

The :parent selector selects elements that are the parent of another element including text nodes.

The following code shows how to select all <td> elements with children, including text:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("td:parent").css("background-color", "red");
});/*from  w w w .  j av  a  2s .  co m*/
</script>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Web Page <span>span</span></h1>

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <th>Company</th>
    <th></th>
    <th>Country</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>A</td>
    <td>B</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>C</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>D</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>E</td>
    <td>F</td>
    <td>G</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>E</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>A</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
    <td>U</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>K</td>
    <td>P</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>L</td>
    <td>Y</td>
    <td>C</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

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