prev
Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in a set of the elements.
info
The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how
.prev() works in jQuery.
Syntax
.prev()
.prev(selector)
.prev(options)
.prev(selector, options)
Usage
cy.get('tr.highlight').prev() // Yield previous 'tr'
cy.prev() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().prev() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element
Arguments
A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.
Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .prev().
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
log | true | Displays the command in the Command log |
timeout | defaultCommandTimeout | Time to wait for .prev() to resolve before timing out |
Yields
.prev()yields the new DOM element(s) it found.
Examples
No Args
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')
Rules
Requirements
.prev()requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).
Assertions
.prev()will automatically retry until the element(s) exist in the DOM.prev()will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed
Timeouts
.prev()can time out waiting for the element(s) to exist in the DOM..prev()can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.
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:
