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jQuery (prev + next) Selector

The jQuery (prev + next) selector selects all "next" that are immediately preceded by a sibling "prev".

In the following example, we will select all <p> tags that are immediately preceded by a sibling <h1> tag.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <h1>jQuery selector (a + b)</h1> <p>This is paragraph1</p> <p>This is paragraph2</p> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("h1 + p").css("color","red"); }); </script> </body> </html>

Syntax

$("a + b")

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Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <h1>jQuery selector (a + b)</h1> <a href="/css">Learn CSS</a> <p>This paragraph is not following h1 tag so no effect takes place.</p> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("h1 + p").css("color","red"); }); </script> </body> </html>

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