Jennifer Shehane
2.7 KiB
title, comments, description
| title | comments | description |
|---|---|---|
| prev | true |
Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in a set of the elements.
Syntax
.prev()
.prev(selector)
.prev(options)
.prev(selector, options)
Usage
.prev() requires being chained off another cy command that yields a DOM element or set of DOM elements.
{% fa fa-check-circle green %} Valid Usage
cy.get('tr.highlight').prev() // Yield previous 'tr'
{% fa fa-exclamation-triangle red %} Invalid Usage
cy.prev() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().prev() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element
Arguments
{% fa fa-angle-right %} selector (String selector)
A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.
{% fa fa-angle-right %} options (Object)
Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .prev().
| Option | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|
log |
true |
whether to display command in command log |
timeout |
defaultCommandTimeout |
Total time to retry getting the element |
Yields
.prev() yields the new DOM element(s) found by the command.
Timeout
.prev() will continue to look for the previous element for the duration of the defaultCommandTimeout
Examples
Previous
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')
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:
