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.
html
<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>
js
// 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.querySelector("pre").textContent = result;
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CharacterData/previousElementSibling