jQuery - siblings( [selector] ) Method

Description

The siblings( [selector] ) method gets a set of elements containing all of the unique siblings of each of the matched set of elements.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.siblings( [selector] )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

selector − This is optional selector to filter the sibling Elements with.

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("p").siblings('.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>

This will produce following result −

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("p").siblings('.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>

This will produce following result −

jquery-traversing.htm