Next »
107/185
« Previous

.prevUntil()

In this chapter you will learn:

  1. Syntax and Description for .prevUntil()

Syntax and Description

.prevUntil(selector)

gets all preceding siblings of each element up to, but not including. selector is a string containing a selector expression to indicate where to stop matching previous sibling elements. Its return value is the new jQuery object.

Consider a page with a simple definition list as follows:

<dl>/* ja v a  2s .c o  m*/
 <dt>term 1</dt>
 <dd>definition 1-a</dd>
 <dd>definition 1-b</dd>
 <dd>definition 1-c</dd>
 <dd>definition 1-d</dd>
 <dt id="term-2">term 2</dt>
</dl>

$('#term-2').prevUntil('dt').css('background-color', 'red'); marks 1-a, 1-b, 1-c, and 1-d.

Next chapter...

What you will learn in the next chapter:

  1. Syntax and Description for .remove()
  2. Remove just added
  3. Remove what contains a certain value
Next »
« Previous