I just wrapped up some code I've used in similar situations: https://github.com/rcs/jQuery.relativeSelector https://github.com/rcs/jQuery.relativeSelector Ins

I just wrapped up some code I've used in similar situations: https://github.com/rcs/jQuery.relativeSelector https://github.com/rcs/jQuery.relativeSelector Instead of going all the way to the body, this will find a selector that works given the structure of the page. For instance, a page like: <body><div id="firstdiv">Target!</div></body> you can get "#firstdiv" back. For something like <body><div id="#firstClass"><div class="firstClass"><div>Target!</div></div></div></body> You can get "#firstClass div:eq(0)".