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Next siblings Selector ("prev ~ siblings")

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jQuery('prev ~ siblings')

Description: Selects all sibling elements that follow after the "prev" element, have the same parent, and match the filtering "siblings" selector.

  • jQuery('prev ~ siblings')

    version added: 1.0

    prev   Any valid selector.

    siblings   A selector to filter elements that are the following siblings of the first selector.

The notable difference between (prev + next) and (prev ~ siblings) is their respective reach. While the former reaches only to the immediately following sibling element, the latter extends that reach to all following sibling elements.

  • Finds all divs that are siblings after the element with #prev as its id. Notice the span isn't selected since it is not a div and the "niece" isn't selected since it is a child of a sibling, not an actual sibling.

    HTML:
    <div>div (doesn't match since before #prev)</div>
      <span id="prev">span#prev</span>
      <div>div sibling</div>
    
      <div>div sibling <div id="small">div niece</div></div>
      <span>span sibling (not div)</span>
      <div>div sibling</div>
    CSS:
    
    
      div,span {
        display:block;
        width:80px;
        height:80px;
        margin:5px;
        background:#bbffaa;
        float:left;
        font-size:14px;
      }
      div#small {
        width:60px;
        height:25px;
        font-size:12px;
        background:#fab;
      }
      
    Code:
    $("#prev ~ div").css("border", "3px groove blue");