Question

I have following html structure:

<span class="thump">1</span>
<a class="tp" href="#" programm="5">Post</a>

Now I want to write thump according to programm attribute. This is how I get the the a element according to the programm number:

$("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "']");

How do I refer to the thump element that is next to this a element?

Answer 1

var anchor = $("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "']");
var thump = anchor.prev();

Or if there is only one thump element (previous is recommended, especially if they are adjacent elements):

var anchor = $("a.tp[programm='" + programm + "']");
var thump = anchor.siblings('.thump');