Question

I have list of elements on my page

input
input
span
input
span
etc

I want to select each input that sits before each span, and after do, whatever i will have to. Is there any available ways to do that?

Answer 1

Use prev() to select the previous input of any given span:

$(this).prev("input");

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If you’re trying to select all previous inputs of all spans in 1 selector try this:

​$("span").prev("input");

http://jsfiddle.net/6hPRa/1/

$("span").prev("input").css("background-color", "pink");​