Backing out commit #6507 - causes too many problems.
[jquery.git] / src / traversing.js
index e8a8938..db446cf 100644 (file)
@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
        closest: function( selector ) {
                var pos = jQuery.expr.match.POS.test( selector ) ? jQuery(selector) : null,
-                       closer = 0,
-                       context = this.context;
+                       closer = 0;
 
                return this.map(function(){
                        var cur = this;
-                       while ( cur && cur.ownerDocument && cur !== context ) {
+                       while ( cur && cur.ownerDocument ) {
                                if ( pos ? pos.index(cur) > -1 : jQuery(cur).is(selector) ) {
                                        jQuery.data(cur, "closest", closer);
                                        return cur;