Get all of an element's parent elements up the DOM tree until a matching parent is found
/**
* Get all of an element's parent elements up the DOM tree until a matching parent is found
* @param {Node} elem The element
* @param {String} parent The selector for the parent to stop at
* @param {String} selector The selector to filter against [optionals]
* @return {Array} The parent elements
*/
var getParentsUntil = function ( elem, parent, selector ) {
// Element.matches() polyfill
if (!Element.prototype.matches) {
Element.prototype.matches =
Element.prototype.matchesSelector ||
Element.prototype.mozMatchesSelector ||
Element.prototype.msMatchesSelector ||
Element.prototype.oMatchesSelector ||
Element.prototype.webkitMatchesSelector ||
function(s) {
var matches = (this.document || this.ownerDocument).querySelectorAll(s),
i = matches.length;
while (--i >= 0 && matches.item(i) !== this) {}
return i > -1;
};
}
// Setup parents array
var parents = [];
// Get matching parent elements
for ( ; elem && elem !== document; elem = elem.parentNode ) {
if ( parent ) {
if ( elem.matches( parent ) ) break;
}
if ( selector ) {
if ( elem.matches( selector ) ) {
parents.push( elem );
}
continue;
}
parents.push( elem );
}
return parents;
};