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Is there a "previous sibling" selector?

The plus sign selector (+) is for selecting the next adjacent sibling.

Is there an equivalent for the previous sibling?

Solution

  • No, there is no "previous sibling" selector.

    On a related note, ~ is for general successor sibling (meaning the element comes after this one, but not necessarily immediately after) and is a CSS3 selector. + is for next sibling and is CSS2.1.

    See Adjacent sibling combinator from Selectors Level 3 and 5.7 Adjacent sibling selectors from Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification.