jquery / jquery/api.jquery.com
closest(): leading combinator selectors not supported
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Description
We intentionally added a guard against selectors needing context. The weirdness around inferring context in a call to .closest led to the decision that this should not be supported. We need a note in the docs explaining that invalid selectors requiring context, such as leading combinators (> *) or positional selectors (:first, :eq, etc.) should not be passed to this function.
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Research direction
Start with the API documentation page for closest() and review its selector guidance. Add a note explaining that selectors requiring context, including leading combinators such as "> *" and positional selectors such as :first or :eq, are invalid for this function. Done means the closest() documentation clearly states this limitation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100