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Element: previousElementSibling property - Web APIs | MDN
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Element: previousElementSibling property
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The Element.previousElementSibling
read-only property returns the Element
immediately prior to the specified
one in its parent's children
list, or null
if the specified element is the first one in the list.
Value
An Element
object, or null
.
Examples
html
<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div>
<div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div>
<li>This is a list item</li>
<li>This is another list item</li>
<div id="div-03">Here is div-03</div>
js
let el = document.getElementById("div-03").previousElementSibling;
console.log("Siblings of div-03:");
while (el) {
console.log(el.nodeName);
el = el.previousElementSibling;
}
This example outputs the following into the page when it loads:
Siblings of div-03: LI LI DIV DIV
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM> # ref-for-dom-nondocumenttypechildnode-previouselementsibling②> |
Browser compatibility
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