If hasClass then addClass to parent

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Original post  Why doesn t this simple script work   if      navigation  gt  ul  gt  li  gt  ul  gt  li  gt  a   hasClass   active            this  parent   parent   parent   addClass   active        EDIT   This won t hide the H1   if      content h1   hasClass  aktiv            this  hide        Only this will   if      content h1   hasClass  aktiv              content h1   hide        Why can t I use the  this

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You can t use   this  since jQuery doesn t know what it is there  You seem to be overcomplicating things  You can do     content h1 aktiv   hide    There s no reason to test to see if the class exists

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The dot is not part of the class name  It s only used in CSS jQuery selector notation  Try this instead   if      navigation a   hasClass  active            this  parent   addClass  active        If   this  refers to that anchor  you have to change it to     navigation a   as well because the if condition does not have jQuery callback scope

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Alternatively you could use   if      navigation a   is   active            this  parent   addClass  active

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You probably want to change the condition to if    this  hasClass  active     Also  hasClass and addClass take classnames  not selectors  Therefore  you shouldn t include a

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If anyone is using WordPress  you can use something like   if  jQuery   dropdown-menu li   hasClass  active          jQuery   current-menu-parent   addClass  current-menu-item

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The reason that does not work is because this has no specific meaning inside of an if statement  you will have to go back to a level of scope where this is defined  a function    For example       element1   click function         console log   this  attr  id        logs  element1       if      element2   hasClass  class              console log   this  attr  id        still logs  element1

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