I found a solution to this problem and I am posting it here:var myElem = dojo.byId(myId) //provides access to the element itselfmyElem.parentNode //provides access to the "input" element in the example I providedmyElem.parentNode.parentNode //provides access to the parent "td" element in the examplemyElem.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode //provides access to the parent "tr" elementmyElem.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.id //provides the id of the parent "tr" nodemyElem.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("td") //provides access to all "td" child elements under the parent "tr" elementI can use this control to get the innerHTML of the first child element. The overall code is as follows:function returnParentId(myId){var myElem = dojo.byId(myId).parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName("td");myIndValue = myElem[0].innerHTML;return myIndValue;}I hope this is helpful.ThanksSamir