jquery closest selector in text

Question

$(".class1").children(".class2") <=> ".class1 > .class2"
$(".class1").find(".class2") <=> ".class1 .class2"
$(".class1").closest(".class2") <=> ?

Does something like ".class1:closest(.class2)" exist?

Answer 1

.closest goes up the DOM tree, while .children and .find go down it. No, there is no shorthand way to write it as a selector.