Added support for .closest(filter, DOMElement). Fixes #4072.
[jquery.git] / src / traversing.js
index db446cf..f46820f 100644 (file)
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
                return this.pushStack( jQuery.winnow(this, selector, true), "filter", selector );
        },
 
-       closest: function( selector ) {
+       closest: function( selector, context ) {
                var pos = jQuery.expr.match.POS.test( selector ) ? jQuery(selector) : null,
                        closer = 0;
 
                return this.map(function(){
                        var cur = this;
-                       while ( cur && cur.ownerDocument ) {
+                       while ( cur && cur.ownerDocument && cur !== context ) {
                                if ( pos ? pos.index(cur) > -1 : jQuery(cur).is(selector) ) {
                                        jQuery.data(cur, "closest", closer);
                                        return cur;