previousSibling Property

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 attribute object.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

[ 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

Platform Version

Win16:	5
Win32:	5
Unix:	5
Mac:	5
Windows CE:	5.5

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

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