jQuery siblings()

Introduction

The siblings() method returns all sibling elements of the selected element.

Sibling elements are elements that share the same parent. 

$(selector).siblings(filter)
Parameter
 Optional
 Description
filter
 Optional.
 a selector expression to narrow down the search

Return all sibling elements of each <li> element with class name "start":

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.siblings * {//  ww  w.  ja va 2  s  . co m
  display: block;
  border: 2px solid lightgrey;
  color: lightgrey;
  padding: 5px;
  margin: 15px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
  $("li.start").siblings().css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid red"});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div style="width:500px;" class="siblings">
  <ul>ul (parent)
    <li>li</li>
    <li>li</li>
    <li class="start">li</li>
    <li>li</li>
    <li>li</li>
  </ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>



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