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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

by David Flanagan
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

TreeWalker.previousSibling( ) — return the previous sibling that is not filtered out

Availability

DOM Level 2 Traversal

Synopsis

Node previousSibling(  );

Returns

The previous sibling of the current node that is not filtered out, or null if there is no such sibling.

Description

This method sets currentNode to the closest previous sibling of the current node that is not filtered out and returns that sibling. If there is no such sibling, it leaves currentNode unchanged and returns null.

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596000480Supplemental ContentCatalog PageErrata