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Get sibling DOM elements.

Syntax

.siblings()
.siblings(selector)
.siblings(options)
.siblings(selector, options)

Usage

.siblings() requires being chained off another cy command that yields a DOM element or DOM elements.

{% fa fa-check-circle green %} Valid Usage

cy.get('td').siblings()           // Yield all td's siblings
cy.get('li').siblings('.active')  // Yield all li's siblings with class '.active'

{% fa fa-exclamation-triangle red %} Invalid Usage

cy.siblings('.error')     // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.location().siblings()  // Errors, 'location' 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 .siblings().

Option Default Notes
log true whether to display command in command log
timeout defaultCommandTimeout Total time to retry getting the element

Yields

.siblings() yields the new DOM elements found by the command.

Timeout

.siblings() will continue to look for the sibling element(s) for the duration of the defaultCommandTimeout

Examples

Siblings

Get the siblings of each li

<ul>
  <li>Home</li>
  <li>Contact</li>
  <li class="active">Services</li>
  <li>Price</li>
</ul>
// yields all other li's in list
cy.get('.active').siblings()

Selector

Get siblings of element with class active

// yields <li class="active">Services</li>
cy.get('li').siblings('.active')

Command Log

Get the siblings of element with class active

cy.get('.left-nav').find('li.active').siblings()

The commands above will display in the command log as:

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When clicking on siblings within the command log, the console outputs the following:

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See also