MutationRecord: previousSibling property
The MutationRecord
read-only property previousSibling
is the previous sibling of an added or removed child node of the target
of a MutationObserver
.
Value
If a node is added to or removed from the target
of a MutationObserver
, the value is the Node
that is the previous sibling of the added or removed node: that is, the node immediately before this one in the parent's childNodes
list.
The value is null
if there are no added or removed nodes, or if the node is the first child of its parent.
Examples
Log the previous sibling of a mutation
This adds a node every time you click the button. Then the observer logs the textContent
of the previousSibling
of the added node.
HTML
html
<button id="add-nodes">Add a node</button>
<button id="reset">Reset</button>
<pre id="log" class="log">Previous sibling of added node:</pre>
<div id="target"><p>Node #0</p></div>
JavaScript
js
const addNodes = document.querySelector("#add-nodes");
const reset = document.querySelector("#reset");
const target = document.querySelector("#target");
let nodeNumber = 1;
addNodes.addEventListener("click", () => {
const newPara = document.createElement("p");
newPara.textContent = `Node #${nodeNumber}`;
nodeNumber++;
target.appendChild(newPara);
});
reset.addEventListener("click", () => self.location.reload());
function logPreviousSibling(records) {
for (const record of records) {
if (record.type === "childList") {
for (const newNode of record.addedNodes) {
log.textContent = `Previous sibling of added node: ${newNode.previousSibling?.textContent}`;
}
}
}
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(logPreviousSibling);
observer.observe(target, { childList: true });
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-mutationrecord-previoussibling② |
Browser compatibility
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