Next Siblings Selector (“prev ~ siblings”)

Categories: Selectors > Hierarchy

next siblings selector

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

  • version added: 1.0jQuery( "prev ~ siblings" )

    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.

Example:

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.

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>next siblings demo</title>
  <style>
  div, span {
    display: block;
    width: 80px;
    height: 80px;
    margin: 5px;
    background: #bfa;
    float: left;
    font-size: 14px;
  }
  div#small {
    width: 60px;
    height: 25px;
    font-size: 12px;
    background: #fab;
  }
  </style>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<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>
 
<script>
$( "#prev ~ div" ).css( "border", "3px groove blue" );
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Demo: