Made the closest method evaluate the selector with appropriate context.

[jquery.git] / src / traversing.js

diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index 92f58ba..85976a3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -52,19 +52,21 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
        },
 
        closest: function( selector, context ) {
-               var pos = jQuery.expr.match.POS.test( selector ) ? jQuery(selector) : null,
-                       closer = 0;
+               var pos = jQuery.expr.match.POS.test( selector ) ? 
+                       jQuery( selector, context || this.context ) : null;
 
                return this.map(function(){
-                       var cur = this;
+                       var cur = this, closer = 0;
                        while ( cur && cur.ownerDocument && cur !== context ) {
                                if ( pos ? pos.index(cur) > -1 : jQuery(cur).is(selector) ) {
-                                       jQuery.data(cur, "closest", closer);
+                                       jQuery.lastCloser = closer;
                                        return cur;
                                }
                                cur = cur.parentNode;
                                closer++;
                        }
+                       jQuery.lastCloser = -1;
+                       return null;
                });
        },