javascript - Hide parentNode based on grandChild innerHTML -

i need hide entire row based on childnodes innerhtml. in form have status dropdown menu hiding on it's own doesn't ride of row. how set display of none?

using like:

$("nobr").filter(function () {     return $.trim(this.childnodes[0].nodevalue) === "status"; }).closest("tr").hide(); 

this finds all <nobr> elements on page, gets first child node (which in example, text node whitespace , text "status"), , checks text "status".

this need updated if order of elements in <nobr> isn't example shows, or differs across rows, or else, because specific search.

of course, can narrow <nobr> elements targeted @ first. example, if html wanted target within table, first find table , @ <nobr> elements within:

$("#table_id").find("nobr").filter(func...