nextSibling property

Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.

Syntax

JavaScript	`p = object.nextSibling`

Property values

Type: Object

the next sibling.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 1.2

Remarks

Starting in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, this property applies to the attribute object.

Examples

This example uses the nextSibling property to obtain the next item in the list.

JavaScript


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>nextSibling</title>
</head>

<body>
  <ul>
    <li id="firstListItem">List Item 1</li>
    <li>List Item 2</li>
    <li>List Item 3</li>
  </ul>
  <script>
    // Get the text content of the list item labeled 'List Item 2':
    var textNode = document.getElementById('firstListItem').nextSibling;
    console.log(textNode.nextSibling.textContent);
  </script>
</body>
</html>