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.
CharacterData.previousElementSibling
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
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
previousElementSibling |
1
|
12
|
3.5
|
9
|
10
|
4
|
≤37
|
18
|
4
|
10.1
|
3
|
1.0
|
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData/previousElementSibling