jQuery .prev()

jQuery .prev() gets the immediately preceding sibling of each element in the set of matched elements; Also check jQuery .next();

js:

$('.target').prev()

    .css('background-color', 'yellow')

    .append(' <span class="label label-info">prev before .target</span>');





$('li').prev('.target')

    .css('background-color', 'yellow')

    .append(' <span class="label">prev with .target class</span>');​

html:

<ul>

<li>list item

<ul>

<li>list item</li>

<li class="target">list item with target class</li>

<li>list item</li>

<li>list item</li>

</ul>

</li>

<li>list item</li>

<li class="target">list item with target class</li>

<li>list item</li>

<li>list item</li>

</ul>​