jQuery prev()

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This jQuery method is used to fetch the previous sibling element of the selected HTML element.

Siblings: siblings are the elements which has the same parents as selected element.

If we talk about the DOM traversal tree, this method traverses backward along the previous sibling of the DOM tree nodes.
To traverse the only the forward DOM elements or next siblings of the selected element, use next() jQuery method.
To traverse both forward and backward DOM elements or siblings of the selected element, use siblings() jQuery method.
To return the all previous siblings of the selected HTML element, use prevAll() jQuery function.
To return the all previous siblings of the selected HTML element between given range, use prevUntil() jQuery method.

Related Topics:

jQuery nextAll

jQuery nextUntil

jQuery prev

Syntax:

$(selector).prev(filter) ;

Parameter description:

filter: This parameter is used to narrow down the search for previous sibling element. It can be an expression, element or jQuery object. It is optional.

Example:

In this example we highlight the previous sibling element of <div> element.

<html>
 <head>
 <title> jQuery Example </title>
 <script type = "text/javascript"
        src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js">
      </script>
<style>
div{
background:pink;
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
font-size:20px;
}
h3{
padding:10px;
margin:10px;
}
button{
background:green;
padding:10px;
color:white;
border:1px solid green;
}
</style>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
 $("button").click(function(){
       $("div").prev().css("border","3px solid green");
});
});
</script>
 </head>
 <body>

<h2> jQuery prev() method Example </h2>
<h3> This heading is the previous sibling of div tag </h3>
<div>
<h3> This is heading of div element </h3>
</div>
<h3> This heading is the next sibling of div tag </h3>
<h3> This heading is also the next sibling of div tag </h3>
<h3 class="stop"> This heading is also the next sibling of div tag with class stop </h3>
<button> Click Me! </button>
 </body>
</html>