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A simple loop that traverses the DOM tree until it finds a parent with the specified class.
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findParentByClass.js
export const findParentByClass = (el, className) => {
while (el.parentNode) {
el = el.parentNode
if (el.classList && el.classList.contains(className)) return el
}
return null
}
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