Next Adjacent Selector ("prev + next”)

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Next Adjacent Selector (“prev + next”)

Categories: Selectors > Hierarchy

next adjacent selector

Description: Selects all next elements matching "next" that are immediately preceded by a sibling "prev".

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( "prev + next" )

    prev: Any valid selector.

    next: A selector to match the element that is next to the first selector.

One important point to consider with both the next adjacent sibling selector (prev + next) and the general sibling selector (prev ~ siblings) is that the elements on either side of the combinator must share the same parent.

Example:

Finds all inputs that are next to a label.

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                                        <!DOCTYPE html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <html>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </head>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <form>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <label>Name:</label>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <input name="name" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        <fieldset>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <label>Newsletter:</label>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                          <input name="newsletter" />
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                        </fieldset>
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </form>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <input name="none" />
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        <script>
                                        $("label + input").css("color", "blue").val("Labeled!")
                                        </script>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                       
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </body>
                                      
                                    

                                  

                                  

                                    

                                      
                                        </html>
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