prev
Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in a set of the elements.
info
The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how
.prev() works in jQuery.
Syntax
.prev()
.prev(selector)
.prev(options)
.prev(selector, options)
Usage
Correct Usage
cy.get('tr.highlight').prev() // Yield previous 'tr'
Incorrect Usage
cy.prev() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().prev() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element
Arguments
selector (String selector)
A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.
options (Object)
Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .prev().
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
log | true | Displays the command in the Command log |
timeout | defaultCommandTimeout | Time to wait for .prev() to resolve before timing out |
Yields
- `.prev()` yields the new DOM element(s) it found.
Examples
No Args
Find the previous element of the element with class of active
<ul>
<li>Cockatiels</li>
<li>Lorikeets</li>
<li class="active">Cockatoos</li>
<li>Conures</li>
<li>Eclectus</li>
</ul>
// yields <li>Lorikeets</li>
cy.get('.active').prev()
Selector
Find the previous element with a class of active
<ul>
<li>Cockatiels</li>
<li>Lorikeets</li>
<li class="active">Cockatoos</li>
<li>Conures</li>
<li>Eclectus</li>
</ul>
// yields <li>Cockatoos</li>
cy.get('li').prev('.active')
Rules
Requirements
- `.prev()` requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).
Assertions
- `.prev()` will automatically [retry](/guides/core-concepts/retry-ability) until the element(s) [exist in the DOM](/guides/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress#Default-Assertions)
- `.prev()` will automatically [retry](/guides/core-concepts/retry-ability) until all chained assertions have passed
Timeouts
- `.prev()` can time out waiting for the element(s) to [exist in the DOM](/guides/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress#Default-Assertions).
- `.prev()` can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.
Command Log
Find the previous element of the active li
cy.get('.left-nav').find('li.active').prev()
The commands above will display in the Command Log as:
When clicking on prev within the command log, the console outputs the
following:
