previousSibling Property
Contains the previous sibling of the node in the parent's child list.
var objXMLDOMNode = oXMLDOMNode.previousSibling;
HRESULT get_previousSibling(
IXMLDOMNode** previousSibling
);
General Remarks
This value depends on the value of the nodeType property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| NODE_ATTRIBUTE, NODE_DOCUMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT | Always returns Null; these node types do not appear as children of any other nodes. |
| NODE_CDATA_SECTION, NODE_COMMENT, NODE_DOCUMENT_TYPE, NODE_ELEMENT, NODE_ENTITY, NODE_ENTITY_REFERENCE, NODE_NOTATION, NODE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION, NODE_TEXT | Returns the node immediately preceding this node in its parent's child list. Returns Null if no such node exists. |
This property is read-only, and applies to the following objects and interfaces:
IXMLDOMAttribute, IXMLDOMCDATASection, IXMLDOMCharacterData, IXMLDOMComment, DOMDocument, IXMLDOMDocumentFragment, IXMLDOMDocumentType, IXMLDOMElement, IXMLDOMEntity, IXMLDOMEntityReference, IXMLDOMNode, IXMLDOMNotation, IXMLDOMProcessingInstruction, IXMLDOMText, and IXTLRuntime
See Also
Last updated on Saturday, April 10, 2004
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