nextSibling Property

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

Syntax

HTML N/A

Scripting [ oElement = ] object.nextSibling

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ oElement = ] object.nextSibling

Possible Values

oElement Object that specifies the next sibling.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Example

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

<SCRIPT>
// returns the list item labeled 'List Item 2'
var oSibling = oList.childNodes(0).nextSibling;
</SCRIPT>

<BODY>
<UL ID = oList>
<LI>List Item 1
<LI>List Item 2
<LI>List Item 3
</UL>
<BODY>

Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, Hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, NEXTID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP