previousElement

Returns the previous sibling element of the selected DOM-element.

Usage

$(selector).previousElement()

Examples

index.html

<div class="parent">
    <p>Sibling One</p>
    <p>Sibling Two</p>
    <p>Sibling Three</p>
</div>

previousElement.js

it('should get text from previous sibling element', async () => {
    const elem = await $$('p');
    const previousElem = await elem[1].previousElement()
    console.log(await previousElem.getText()); // outputs: "Sibling One"
});