Use JQuery to select parent element of “this” (element clicked)

Question

I have a jQuery script that creates a carousel to rotate images left and right on user click. At first, I wasnt planning on putting more than one carousel on a single page, but

Answer 1

Use the .parent() function go up a level. Your code might look something like this:

$('.right-button img').click(function()
    {
        carousel = $(this).parent();

        //bunch of code
    }