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parentElement

Returns the parent element of the selected DOM-element.

Usage
$(selector).parentElement()
Examples
index.html
<div class="parent">
<p>Sibling One</p>
<p>Sibling Two</p>
<p>Sibling Three</p>
</div>
parentElement.js
it('should get class from parent element', async () => {
const elem = await $$('p');
const parent = await elem[2].parentElement()
console.log(await parent.getAttribute('class')); // outputs: "parent"
});

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