javascript - This is ugly and there has to be a better way to write it in jQuery -

$(this).parent().parent().parent().parent().find('[name=reply_to_id]'); 

thats stupid looking, best way can think of writing it. tried parentsuntil('li') didnt work @ , tried parents('li') , closest('li'). isnt there in jquery equivalent of:

$(this).firstparentthatmatchesthis('li').find('[name=reply_to_id]'); 

if not think ill try submitting jquery core...

here html (long put on pastebin): http://pastebin.com/fypj9wge

working on getting jsfiddle in there...

try this:

$(this).parents("li").eq(0).find('[name=reply_to_id]'); 

example: http://jsfiddle.net/fvzt9/

but, closest should work well:

$(this).closest("li").find('[name=reply_to_id]'); 

example: http://jsfiddle.net/fvzt9/1/