Element: previousElementSibling property

{{APIRef("DOM")}} 

The Element.previousElementSibling read-only property returns the {{domxref("Element")}}  immediately prior to the specified one in its parent’s {{domxref("Element.children", "children")}}  list, or null if the specified element is the first one in the list.

Value

An {{domxref("Element")}}  object, or null.

Examples

<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div>
<div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div>
<li>This is a list item</li>
<li>This is another list item</li>
<div id="div-03">Here is div-03</div>

let el = document.getElementById("div-03").previousElementSibling;
console.log("Siblings of div-03:");
while (el) {
  console.log(el.nodeName);
  el = el.previousElementSibling;
}

This example outputs the following into the page when it loads:

Siblings of div-03:
LI
LI
DIV
DIV

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Element.nextElementSibling")}}