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TreeWalker.nextSibling()

The TreeWalker.nextSibling() method moves the current Node to its next sibling, if any, and returns the found sibling. If there is no such node, return null and the current node is not changed.

Syntax

nextSibling()

Return value

A Node object or null.

Examples

var treeWalker = document.createTreeWalker(
    document.body,
    NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
    { acceptNode: function(node) { return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT; } },
    false
);
treeWalker.firstChild();
var node = treeWalker.nextSibling(); // returns null if the first child of the root element has no sibling

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-treewalker-nextsibling

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
nextSibling
1
12
4
9
9
3
3
18
4
10.1
3
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TreeWalker/nextSibling

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Last Updated 2022-04-27T09:33:08Z