jQuery Examples - prevall( [selector] ) Method

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Description

The prevAll( [selector] ) method finds all sibling elements in front of the current element.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.prevAll( [selector] )

Parameters

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

selector − This is optional selector to filter the previous 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://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("div:last").prevAll().addClass("hilight");
         });
      </script>

      <style>
         .hilight { background:yellow; }
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>	
      <div>first</div>
      <div>sibling<div>child</div></div>
      <div>sibling</div>
      <div>sibling</div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function(){
            $("div:last").prevAll().addClass("hilight");
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .hilight { background:yellow; }
      </style>
   </head>
	
   <body>
      <div class = "hilight">first</div>
      <div class = "hilight">sibling<div>child</div></div>
      <div class = "hilight">sibling</div>
      <div>sibling</div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jqueryexamples_traversing.htm

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