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title: "Select previous sibling via jQuery"
description: "Select previous sibling via jQuery"
author: "Ethan Karla"
published: 2021-07-29
updated: 2023-11-27
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156674/select-previous-sibling-via-jquery
category: "jquery"
tags: ["jquery"]
reading_time: 1 minute
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# Select previous sibling via jQuery
How to [select](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160534/orderby-then-select-vs-select-then-orderby-performance) [previous](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81421/unlock-2-0-is-just-like-previous-corona-lockdowns) [sibling via jQuery](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156678/select-all-next-sibling-via-jquery)?
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## Replies
### Reply by Aryan Kumar
In jQuery, you can use the **.prev()** method to select the immediately preceding sibling of an element. Here's an example:
```plaintext
jQuery Select Previous Sibling
First Sibling
Second Sibling
Third Sibling
```
In this example:
- The **.sibling** class is applied to each **** element.
- The jQuery code selects the second sibling (using **.eq(1)**, as jQuery uses zero-based indexing) and then selects its previous sibling using **.prev()**.
- The selected previous sibling is given a class (**selected** in this case) for styling.
Make sure to include the jQuery library in your HTML file for this to work. You can adjust the selector and styling based on your specific use case.
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