HTML DOM Element nextElementSibling
Example
Return the HTML content of the next sibling:
let text = element.nextElementSibling.innerHTML;
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Description
The nextElementSibling property returns the next element in the same tree level.
The nextElementSibling property is read-only.
See Also:
Nodes vs Elements
In the HTML DOM terminology:
Nodes are all nodes (element nodes, text nodes, and comment nodes).
Whitespace between elements are also text nodes.
Elements are only element nodes.
Siblings vs Element Siblings
Siblings are "brothers" and "sisters".
Siblings are nodes with the same parent (in the same childNodes list).
Element Siblings are elements with the same parent (in the same children list).
childNodes vs children
childNodes returns child nodes (element nodes, text nodes, and comment nodes).
children returns child elements (not text and comment nodes).
nextSibling vs nextElementSibling
nextSibling returns the next node (an element node, a text node or a comment node). Whitespace between elements are also text nodes.
nextElementSibling returns the next element (not text and comment nodes).
previousSibling vs previousElementSibling
previousSibling returns the previous node (an element node, a text node or a comment node). Whitespace between elements are also text nodes.
previousElementSibling returns the previous element (not text and comment nodes).
Syntax
element.nextElementSibling
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| Element | The next sibling element.null if no next sibling exists. |
Browser Support
element.nextElementSibling is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.
It is fully supported in all modern browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 11 |