我如何定位最接近的元素jQuery

Question

i'm trying to target the closest element of input field on keyup.

  <div class="form-group">
     <input type="text" class="date_of_birth" name="date[]" value="">
     <span class="stepbirthVal"></span>
   </div>

i want to target stepbirthVal i tried by doing this in JS

var item = $(this).find('.stepbirthVal')

i also tried this

var item = $(this).closest('.form-group').find('stepbirthVal');

Can you please help me how can i target closest element.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try This:

If you want to find out by class

$('.date_of_birth').next('.stepbirthVal');

If you want to find it on input event lets say onFocus:

$(this).next('span.stepbirthVal');

You can be more precise by finding element with class ('span.stepbirthVal') like this. There are various other ways depending upon situation.