*
* Returns the previous sibling element of the selected DOM-element.
*
* <example>
:index.html
<div class="parent">
<p>Sibling One</p>
<p>Sibling Two</p>
<p>Sibling Three</p>
</div>
:previousElement.js
it('should get text from previous sibling element', async () => {
const elem = await $$('p');
const previousElem = await elem[1].previousElement()
console.log(await previousElem.getText()); // outputs: "Sibling One"
});
* </example>
*
* @alias element.previousElement
* @return {WebdriverIO.Element}
* @type utility
*/
export function previousElement (this: WebdriverIO.Element) {
return this.$( function previousElement (this: HTMLElement) {
return this.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement
})
}