Web/API/NonDocumentTypeChildNode/nextElementSibling
The NonDocumentTypeChildNode.nextElementSibling
read-only property returns the element immediately following the specified one in its parent's children list, or null
if the specified element is the last one in the list.
Syntax
var nextNode = elementNodeReference.nextElementSibling;
Example
<div id="div-01">Here is div-01</div>
<div id="div-02">Here is div-02</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var el = document.getElementById('div-01').nextElementSibling;
console.log('Siblings of div-01:');
while (el) {
console.log(el.nodeName);
el = el.nextElementSibling;
}
</script>
This example outputs the following into the console when it loads:
Siblings of div-01: DIV SCRIPT
Polyfill for Internet Explorer 8
This property is unsupported prior to IE9, so the following snippet can be used to add support to IE8:
// Source: https://github.com/Alhadis/Snippets/blob/master/js/polyfills/IE8-child-elements.js
if(!("nextElementSibling" in document.documentElement)){
Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, "nextElementSibling", {
get: function(){
var e = this.nextSibling;
while(e && 1 !== e.nodeType)
e = e.nextSibling;
return e;
}
});
}
Polyfill for Internet Explorer 9+ and Safari
// Source: https://github.com/jserz/js_piece/blob/master/DOM/NonDocumentTypeChildNode/nextElementSibling/nextElementSibling.md
(function (arr) {
arr.forEach(function (item) {
if (item.hasOwnProperty('nextElementSibling')) {
return;
}
Object.defineProperty(item, 'nextElementSibling', {
configurable: true,
enumerable: true,
get: function () {
var el = this;
while (el = el.nextSibling) {
if (el.nodeType === 1) {
return el;
}
}
return null;
},
set: undefined
});
});
})([Element.prototype, CharacterData.prototype]);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
DOMThe definition of 'ChildNodenextElementSibling' in that specification. | Living Standard | Split the ElementTraversal interface in ChildNode , ParentNode , and NonDocumentTypeChildNode . This method is now defined on the former.
The |
Element Traversal SpecificationThe definition of 'ElementTraversal.nextElementSibling' in that specification. | Obsolete | Added its initial definition to the ElementTraversal pure interface and use it on Element .
|
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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nextElementSibling
|
Chrome
Full support 4 |
Edge Full support 12 Full support 12 Notes' Before Edge 79, this property was only implemented for |
Firefox
Full support 3.5 |
IE Partial support 9 Partial support 9 Notes' Only implemented for |
Opera
Full support 10 |
Safari
Full support 4 |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 4 |
Opera Android
Full support 10.1 |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Partial support
- Partial support
- See implementation notes.'
- See implementation notes.
See also
ParentNode.firstElementChild
ParentNode.lastElementChild
- The
ChildNode
pure interface. - Object types implementing this pure interface:
CharacterData
,Element
, andDocumentType
.
NonDocumentTypeChildNode.nextElementSibling by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.