# Next Siblings Selector (“prev ~ siblings”)

Categories: Selectors > Hierarchy

## next siblings selector

#### version added: 1.0jQuery('prev ~ siblings')

- prev
    Any valid selector.
  siblings
    A selector to filter elements that are the following siblings of the first selector.

Description: Selects all sibling elements that follow after the "prev" element, have the same parent, and match the filtering "siblings" selector.

The notable difference between (`prev + next`) and (`prev ~ siblings`) is their respective reach. While the former reaches only to the immediately following sibling element, the latter extends that reach to all following sibling elements.

### Example:

#### Finds all divs that are siblings after the element with #prev as its id. Notice the span isn't selected since it is not a div and the "niece" isn't selected since it is a child of a sibling, not an actual sibling.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <style>

      div,span {
        display:block;
        width:80px;
        height:80px;
        margin:5px;
        background:#bbffaa;
        float:left;
        font-size:14px;
      }
      div#small {
        width:60px;
        height:25px;
        font-size:12px;
        background:#fab;
      }
      </style>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
      <div>div (doesn't match since before #prev)</div>
      <span id="prev">span#prev</span>
      <div>div sibling</div>

      <div>div sibling <div id="small">div niece</div></div>
      <span>span sibling (not div)</span>
      <div>div sibling</div>
    <script>$("#prev ~ div").css("border", "3px groove blue");</script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: