Element: previousElementSibling property
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>
<script>
let el = document.getElementById("div-03").previousElementSibling;
document.write("<p>Siblings of div-03</p><ol>");
while (el) {
document.write("<li>" + el.nodeName + "</li>");
el = el.previousElementSibling;
}
document.write("</ol>");
</script>
This example outputs the following into the page when it loads:
Siblings of div-03 1. LI 2. LI 3. DIV 4. DIV
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-nondocumenttypechildnode-previouselementsibling② |
Browser compatibility
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