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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

JavaScript Object

JavaScript Array Object JavaScript Boolean Object JavaScript Date Object JavaScript Math Object JavaScript Number Object JavaScript String Object JavaScript RegExp Object JavaScript Global properties / functions JavaScript Operator

Browser Object

Window Object Navigator Object Screen Object History Object Location Object

DOM Object

HTML DOM Document Object HTML DOM Element object HTML DOM Attribute object HTML DOM Event object

HTML Object

<a> <area> <audio> <base> <blockquote> <body> <button> <canvas> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <del> <details> <dialog> <embed> <fieldset> <form> <iframe> <frameset > <img> <ins> <input> - button <input> - checkbox <input> - color <input> - date <input> - datetime <input> - datetime-local <input> - email <input> - file <input> - hidden <input> - image <input> - month <input> - number <input> - range <input> - password <input> - radio <input> - reset <input> - search <input> - submit <input> - text <input> - time <input> - url <input> - week <keygen> <link> <label> <legend> <li> <map> <menu> <menuItem> <meta> <meter> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <param> <progress> <q> <script> <select> <source> <style> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <title> <time> <track> <video>

HTML DOM previousSibling property

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Examples

Before returning a node immediately following nodes:

document.getElementById("item2").previousSibling;

Definition and Usage

previousSibling property before a node can return the node immediately following (at the same tree level)

Returns node to node object returned.

Note: If you do not have this node, this property returns null.

Browser Support

All major browsers support previousSibling property

grammar

node .previousSibling

technical details

return value:	Before a node followed by the node (at the same tree level), as a node object
DOM version	Core Level 1 Node Object

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