Description:
The
prev( [selector] ) method gets the immediately preceding
sibling of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally
filtered by a selector.
Syntax:
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:
selector.prev( [selector] )
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Parameters:
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:
- selector: This is optional selector to filter the previous Elements with.
Example:
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this
method. Try this example without passing selector in prev() method:
<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").prev(".selected").addClass("hilight");
});
</script>
<style>
.hilight { background:yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div><span>Hello</span></div>
<p class="selected">Hello Again</p>
<p>And Again</p>
</body>
</html>
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This would generate following result.
<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").next(".selected").addClass("hilight");
});
</script>
<style>
.hilight { background:yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div><span>Hello</span></div>
<p class="hilight">Hello Again</p>
<p>And Again</p>
</body>
</html>
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