cypress/docs/source/api/commands/prevall.md

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Get all previous siblings of each DOM element in a set of matched DOM elements.

{% note info %} The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how {% url .prevAll() http://api.jquery.com/prevAll %} works in jQuery. {% endnote %}

Syntax

.prevAll()
.prevAll(selector)
.prevAll(options)
.prevAll(selector, options)

Usage

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

cy.get('.active').prevAll() // Yield all links previous to `.active`

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

cy.prevAll()                // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().prevAll()   // 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 .prevAll().

Option	Default	Description
log	true	{% usage_options log %}
timeout	{% url defaultCommandTimeout configuration#Timeouts %}	{% usage_options timeout .prevAll %}

Yields {% helper_icon yields %}

{% yields changes_dom_subject .prevAll %}

Examples

No Args

Find all of the element's siblings before .third

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li>oranges</li>
  <li class="third">bananas</li>
  <li>pineapples</li>
  <li>grapes</li>
</ul>

// yields [<li>apples</li>, <li>oranges</li>]
cy.get('.third').prevAll()

Selector

Find all of the previous siblings of each li. Keep only the ones with a class selected.

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li>oranges</li>
  <li>bananas</li>
  <li class="selected">pineapples</li>
  <li>grapes</li>
</ul>

// yields <li>pineapples</li>
cy.get('li').prevAll('.selected')

Rules

Requirements {% helper_icon requirements %}

{% requirements dom .prevAll %}

Assertions {% helper_icon assertions %}

{% assertions existence .prevAll %}

Timeouts {% helper_icon timeout %}

{% timeouts existence .prevAll %}

Command Log

Find all elements before the .active li

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

The commands above will display in the command log as:

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

See also

• {% url .nextAll() nextall %}
• {% url .parents() parents %}
• {% url .prev() prev %}
• {% url .prevUntil() prevuntil %}