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HTML DOM previousSibling Property
The DOM previousSibling property returns the previous node in the same tree level of the specified node in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
node.previousSibling
Example
Let us see an example of previousSibling property −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> html{ height:100%; } body{ text-align:center; color:#fff; background: linear-gradient(62deg, #FBAB7E 0%, #F7CE68 100%) center/cover no-repeat; height:100%; } p{ font-weight:700; font-size:1.2rem; } .drop-down{ width:50%; border:2px solid #fff; font-weight:bold; padding:8px; } ul{ list-style-type: none; padding:0; } .btn{ background:#0197F6; border:none; height:2rem; border-radius:2px; width:50%; margin:2rem auto; display:block; color:#fff; outline:none; cursor:pointer; } .show{ font-size:1.5rem; font-weight:bold; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>DOM previousSibling Property Demo</h1> <p>Hi, My favourite subjects are:</p> <ul> <li>Physics</li> <li id="chemistry">Chemistry</li> <li>Maths</li> <li>English</li> </ul> <button class="btn" onclick="showSibling()">Show Previous Sibling Of Chemistry</button> <div class="show"></div> <script> function showSibling() { var chemistry= document.querySelector("#chemistry"); document.querySelector(".show").innerHTML=chemistry.previousSibling.innerHTML; } </script> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on the “blue” button to get the previous sibling of the chemistry list item.
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