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jQuery prev() Method

jQuery prev() method in jQuery is used to returns the previous sibling element (share the same parent) of the selected element.

Syntax:

$(selector).prev(filter)

Parameter Values

Parameter	Description
filter	It is an optional parameter and is used to specifies a selector expression to narrow down the previous sibling search

Here is an Example of jQuery prev() Method:


<html>
<head>
<style>
.siblings * { 
display: block;
border: 2px solid #cfe2fc;
color: #cfe2fc;
padding: 5px;
margin: 15px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("li.start").prev().css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid #3e88f0"});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="width:500px;" class="siblings">
<ul>ul (parent)  
<li>li (sibling)</li>
<li>li (the previous sibling of li with class name "start")</li>
<li class="start">li (sibling with class name "start")</li>
<li>li (sibling)</li>
<li>li (sibling)</li>
</ul>   
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output:

li (sibling)
li (the previous sibling of li with class name "start")
li (sibling with class name "start")
li (sibling)
li (sibling)

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