# Accessing this.parentNode in RJS?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-this-parentnode-in-rjs/113571>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 2, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-this-parentnode-in-rjs/113571 "2007-09-02T02:49:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chirag](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chirag)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2007, 2:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/accessing-this-parentnode-in-rjs/113571/1 "2007-09-02T02:49:07Z")

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Does anyone know how I can do this Javascript command with RJS?

this.parentNode.className = ‘selsec’;

This is what my AJAX call looks like in my view (which will invoke  
load\_chart.rjs)

\<%= link\_to\_remote “Ajax Magic” , :url =\> {:controller =\>  
“chart”, :action =\> “load\_chart” } %\>

How exactly would access “this” in an RJS template?

Thanks!  
chirag