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.
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.
A Element
object, or null
if no sibling has been found.
<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;
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previousElementSibling |
1 |
12 |
3.5 |
9 |
10 |
4 |
≤37 |
18 |
4 |
10.1 |
3 |
1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData/previousElementSibling