jQuery prev() Method

jQuery Traversal Methods

The prev() method returns the preceding sibling element that is placed before the selected element.

Sibling elements must have the same parent element.

Note: This method returns only one element.

Syntax:

$("selector").prev("selectorExpression")

Example

Return element with id="div-2element's previous sibling element:

$("document").ready(function(){
　　$("#div-2").prev().css("background", "mediumpurple");
});

Return the previous sibling element of each DIV element:

$("document").ready(function(){
　　$("div").prev().css("background", "lightblue");
});

Return the previous sibling element of each DIV element:

$("document").ready(function(){
　　$("div").prev("p").css("background", "lightblue");
});

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jQuery Traversal Methods