jQuery :parentSelector
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Select all <td> elements that have child elements or contain text:
$("td:parent")
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Definition and Usage
The :parent selector selects all parent elements that contain child nodes or text nodes.
:parent and:emptyare opposite.
One important thing to note is that the child elements involved in :parent (and :empty) include text nodes.
Syntax
$(":parent")
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