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    "id": "api/commands/prev",
    "title": "prev | Cypress Documentation",
    "description": "Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in a set of the elements in Cypress.",
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        "text": "prev",
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        "text": "Arguments",
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      {
        "id": "api/commands/prev#yields-learn-about-subject-management",
        "text": "Yields Learn about subject management",
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        "text": "Find the previous element of the element with class of active",
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        "text": "Find the previous element with a class of active",
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        "text": "Assertions Learn about assertions",
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        "text": "Timeouts Learn about timeouts",
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      {
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        "text": "Command Log",
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        "text": "See also",
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      "content_markdown": "## Syntax\n\n```\n.prev().prev(selector).prev(options).prev(selector, options)\n```\n\n### Usage\n\n**Correct Usage**\n\n```\ncy.get('tr.highlight').prev() // Yield previous 'tr'\n```\n\n**Incorrect Usage**\n\n```\ncy.prev() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'cy.getCookies().prev() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element\n```\n\n### Arguments\n\n**selector _(String selector)_**\n\nA selector used to filter matching DOM elements.\n\n**options _(Object)_**\n\nPass in an options object to change the default behavior of `.prev()`.\n\n| Option | Default | Description |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| `log` | `true` | Displays the command in the [Command log](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/open-mode.md#Command-Log) |\n| `timeout` | [`defaultCommandTimeout`](/llm/markdown/app/references/configuration.md#Timeouts) | Time to wait for `.prev()` to resolve before [timing out](#Timeouts) |\n\n### Yields [Learn about subject management](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Subject-Management)\n\n*   `.prev()` yields the new DOM element(s) it found.\n*   `.prev()` is a query, and it is _safe_ to chain further commands.\n",
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      "content_markdown": "### Usage\n\n**Correct Usage**\n\n```\ncy.get('tr.highlight').prev() // Yield previous 'tr'\n```\n\n**Incorrect Usage**\n\n```\ncy.prev() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'cy.getCookies().prev() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element\n```\n",
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      "content_markdown": "### Arguments\n\n**selector _(String selector)_**\n\nA selector used to filter matching DOM elements.\n\n**options _(Object)_**\n\nPass in an options object to change the default behavior of `.prev()`.\n\n| Option | Default | Description |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| `log` | `true` | Displays the command in the [Command log](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/open-mode.md#Command-Log) |\n| `timeout` | [`defaultCommandTimeout`](/llm/markdown/app/references/configuration.md#Timeouts) | Time to wait for `.prev()` to resolve before [timing out](#Timeouts) |\n",
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      "content_markdown": "## Examples\n\n### No Args\n\n#### Find the previous element of the element with class of `active`\n\n```\n<ul>  <li>Cockatiels</li>  <li>Lorikeets</li>  <li class=\"active\">Cockatoos</li>  <li>Conures</li>  <li>Eclectus</li></ul>\n```\n\n```\n// yields <li>Lorikeets</li>cy.get('.active').prev()\n```\n\n### Selector\n\n#### Find the previous element with a class of `active`\n\n```\n<ul>  <li>Cockatiels</li>  <li>Lorikeets</li>  <li class=\"active\">Cockatoos</li>  <li>Conures</li>  <li>Eclectus</li></ul>\n```\n\n```\n// yields <li>Cockatoos</li>cy.get('li').prev('.active')\n```\n",
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      "content_markdown": "## Rules\n\n### Requirements [Learn about chaining commands](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Chains-of-Commands)\n\n*   `.prev()` requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).\n\n### Assertions [Learn about assertions](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Assertions)\n\n*   `.prev()` will automatically [retry](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/retry-ability.md) until the element(s) [exist in the DOM](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Implicit-Assertions).\n*   `.prev()` will automatically [retry](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/retry-ability.md) until all chained assertions have passed.\n\n### Timeouts [Learn about timeouts](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Timeouts)\n\n*   `.prev()` can time out waiting for the element(s) to [exist in the DOM](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Implicit-Assertions).\n*   `.prev()` can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.\n",
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      "heading": "Timeouts Learn about timeouts",
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      "content_markdown": "### Timeouts [Learn about timeouts](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Timeouts)\n\n*   `.prev()` can time out waiting for the element(s) to [exist in the DOM](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/introduction-to-cypress.md#Implicit-Assertions).\n*   `.prev()` can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.\n",
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      "content_markdown": "## Command Log\n\n**_Find the previous element of the active `li`_**\n\n```\ncy.get('.left-nav').find('li.active').prev()\n```\n\nThe commands above will display in the Command Log as:\n\nWhen clicking on `prev` within the command log, the console outputs the following:\n",
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