previousSibling Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
This property now applies to the
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ oElement = ] object.previousSibling
Possible Values
oElement Object that receives a reference to the previous sibling of an object. The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Example
This example uses the previousSibling property to obtain the previous sibling of a list item.
<SCRIPT> // returns the list item labeled 'List Item 1' var oSibling = oList.childNodes(1).previousSibling; </SCRIPT> : <BODY> <UL ID = oList> <LI>List Item 1 <LI>List Item 2 <LI>List Item 3 </UL> </BODY>
Standards Information
This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
.
Applies To
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
See Also
lastChild, About the W3C Document Object Model