How to find all siblings of currently selected object in jQuery?


To find all siblings of currently selected object in jQuery, use the siblings() method. The siblings( [selector] ) method gets a set of elements containing all of the unique siblings of each of the matched set of elements.

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

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

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to find all siblings:

Live Demo

<html>

   <head>
      <title>jQuery siblings() method</title>
      <script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
       
      <script>
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("p").siblings('.selected').addClass("highlight");
         });
      </script>
       
      <style>
         .highlight {
            background:yellow;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   
   <body>
   
      <div><span>Hello</span></div>
      <p class = "selected">Hello Again</p>
      <p>And Again</p>
       
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 09-Dec-2019

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