Description: Get the immediately following sibling of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.
.next( [ selector ] )
version added: 1.0
selector
A string containing a selector expression to match elements against.
Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the .next() method allows us to search through the immediately following sibling of these elements in the DOM tree and construct a new jQuery object from the matching elements.
The method optionally accepts a selector expression of the same type that we can pass to the $() function. If the the immediately following sibling matches the selector, it remains in the newly constructed jQuery object; otherwise, it is excluded.
Consider a page with a simple list on it:
<ul> <li>list item 1</li> <li>list item 2</li> <li class="third-item">list item 3</li> <li>list item 4</li> <li>list item 5</li> </ul>
If we begin at the third item, we can find the element which comes just after it:
$('li.third-item').next().css('background-color', 'red');
The result of this call is a red background behind item 4. Since we do not supply a selector expression, this following element is unequivocally included as part of the object. If we had supplied one, the element would be tested for a match before it was included.
Examples
Example 1
Find the very next sibling of each disabled button and change its text "this button is disabled".Example 1 - Full source:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button[disabled]").next().text("this button is disabled"); }); </script> <style> span { color:blue; font-weight:bold; } button { width:100px; } </style> </head> <body> <div><button disabled="disabled">First</button> - <span></span></div> <div><button>Second</button> - <span></span></div> <div><button disabled="disabled">Third</button> - <span></span></div> </body> </html>
Example 2
Find the very next sibling of each paragraph. Keep only the ones with a class "selected".Example 2 - Full source:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("p").next(".selected").css("background", "yellow"); }); </script> </head> <body> <p>Hello</p> <p class="selected">Hello Again</p> <div><span>And Again</span></div> </body> </html>
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