CharacterData.previousElementSibling
The read-only previousElementSibling
of the CharacterData
interface
returns the first Element
before the current node in its parent's children list,
or null
if there is none.
Value
A Element
object, or null
if no sibling has been found.
Example
<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div>
TEXT
<div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div>
SOME TEXT
<div id="div-03">Here is div-03</div>
<pre>Result</pre>
// Initially set node to the Text node with `SOME TEXT`
let node = document.getElementById('div-02').nextSibling;
let result = 'Previous element siblings of SOME TEXT:\n';
while (node) {
result += node.nodeName + '\n';
node = node.previousElementSibling;
}
document.getElementsByTagName('pre')[0].textContent = result;
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-nondocumenttypechildnode-previouselementsiblingā” |
Browser compatibility
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