JAVASCRIPT

jquery prev()

// HazaaZOOZ - jquery - How to get the Previous element of element by class name jquery

//Example to make the backgroud into yellow

$(document).ready(function(){
    $("li.start").prev().css( "background", "yellow" );;
});

jquery prev

// The prev() method returns the previous sibling element of the selected element.
jQuery(li['class="foo"']).prev()

// some related methods:
jQuery(selector).prevAll() // returns all previous sibling elements of the selected element
jQuery(selector).prevUntil() // returns all previous sibling elements between two given arguments