# dom-closest [](http://travis-ci.org/necolas/dom-closest) For a given DOM element, find the first ancestor that matches a given CSS selector. ## Installation ``` npm install dom-closest ``` ## API ### closest(elem, selector[, context]) * `element` (Element): a starting DOM Element. * `selector` (String): the CSS selector of the ancestor to find. * `context` (Element): a DOM node to use as search context (optional). ```js var closest = require('dom-closest'); var photo = document.querySelector('.photo'); var timeline = document.querySelector('.timeline'); closest(photo, '.tweet'); // => Element closest(photo, '.tweet', timeline); // => Element ``` ## Browser support * Google Chrome * Firefox 4+ * Internet Explorer 8+ * Safari 5+ * Opera