Javascript – Unsure why jQuery .prev() is not working

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What I am trying to do is, when I hover over a link, make its right border change colour as well as make the previous link's border change colour.

<div id="navbar">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#">News</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Gigs</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Gallery</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Social</a></li>
    </ul>
</div>

And here's the JavaScript:

$("li a").hover(function() {
     $(this).animate({
         color: '#0099FF',
         borderRightColor: '#0099FF'
     }, 500);

     $(this).prev().animate({borerRightColor: '#0099FF'}, 500); 

}, function() {
    $(this).animate({
        color: '#FFFFFF',
        borderRightColor: '#FFFFFF'
    }, 500);

    $(this).prev().animate({borerRightColor: '#FFFFFF'}, 500);      
});

Any help or advice would be appreciated, thanks!

Best Answer

The selector li a selects each <a> element. .prev() selects the previous sibling, not the "previous element in the collection," and there is no previous element for the <a>s because they have no siblings, only parents. Try this instead:

$(this).closest('li').prev().children().animate(...);

Also, you've used borerRightColor instead of borderRightColor.

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