NodeIterator: previousNode() method - Web APIs | MDN

Syntax

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Node representing the node before the current node in the set represented by this NodeIterator, or null if the current node is the first node in the set.

Examples

js

const nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator(
  document.body,
  NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
  {
    acceptNode(node) {
      return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
    },
  },
);
currentNode = nodeIterator.nextNode(); // returns the next node
previousNode = nodeIterator.previousNode(); // same result, since we backtracked to the previous node

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-nodeiterator-previousnode

Browser compatibility

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