jQuery: Find previous element with class

Question

I have a really simple problem.

How can I find the first previous element of another element? I tried the code below without success.

HTML:

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Answer 1

$('.C').click(function() {
   alert($(this).closest('.B').prev('.A').html());
});

Answer 2

Try this:

$('.C').click(function() {

        alert($(this).parent().prev('.A').html());

});

Answer 3

if you want to target closest children of top parent you can do so as something define below.

lets assume you have an HTML like

<div class="top-parent">
  <div class="parent">
    <button class="add-button">Child of 1st Parent DIV</button>
  </div>
  <div class="parent">
    <button class="add-button">Child of 2nd Parent DIV</button>
  </div>
</div>
<script>
$(document).on('click','.add-button',function(){
   $(this).parents('.parent').prev().closest('.parent').find('.add-button').text('im clicked by one of the button next to my parent')
   $(this).parents('.parent').remove();
})
</script>

similarly if you want to target grandparent next parent containers children just change .prev() to .next()

hope i made it simple to define :)

Answer 4

If you are trying to get the preceding sibling, use .prev().

If you are trying to get the sibling of the parent (like in your example) use .parent().prev().