[thelist] DOM: previousSibling and LI tags

[Christian Heilmann]

> > No, just understanding the DOM and safely use it. Test the type of the
> > node and apply your bits and bobs then. You can use this replacement
> > function for example to really reach the previous LI.
> >
> > function realPreviousSibling(node){
> >   var tempNode=node.previousSibling;
> >   while(tempNode.nodeType!=1){
> >     tempNode=tempNode.previousSibling;
> >   }
> >   return tempNode;
> > }
> >
> > realPreviousSibling(this) will now return the first previous element
> > sibling, regardless of browser.
> >
> > HTH
> > Chris
>
> That works perfectly, thankyou. The more javascript i learn, the more
> i realise you really have to test for everything - which is a good
> coding practice.

<shamelessPlug>That is why it is part of my upcoming book</shamelessPlug>

I will include this little tool in a DOMhelp object to ease some of
this work. it is a bit like re-inventing yet another library, but
might help.

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