Get closest previous element with specific id

Question

I have dynamic page created by symphony, client side I am trying to get the closest element before the firing element with a specific id with wildcard (id^='route_segments_). Unfortunately JQuery is not finding anything.

The script should return the following item.

  <div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="text" id="route_segments_1_destCountry" name="route[segments][1][destCountry]" required="required" class="form-control" value="GB">

 $("input:radio").on('change', function() { var date = moment($(this).parent().text(), "HH:mm DD MMM YYYY"); alert($(this).parent().prevAll("input[id^='route_segments_']").first()); }); 

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="route_segments_1_details">Details</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <textarea id="route_segments_1_details" name="route[segments][1][details]" required="required" class="form-control"></textarea> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="route_segments_1_vehicle">Vehicle</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" id="route_segments_1_vehicle" name="route[segments][1][vehicle]" required="required" class="form-control" value="Bus"> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="route_segments_1_vehicleKind">Vehicle kind</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" id="route_segments_1_vehicleKind" name="route[segments][1][vehicleKind]" required="required" class="form-control"> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="route_segments_1_originCountry">Origin country</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" id="route_segments_1_originCountry" name="route[segments][1][originCountry]" required="required" class="form-control" value="GB"> </div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <label class="col-sm-2 control-label required" for="route_segments_1_destCountry">Dest country</label> <div class="col-sm-10"> <input type="text" id="route_segments_1_destCountry" name="route[segments][1][destCountry]" required="required" class="form-control" value="GB"> </div> </div> <button type="button" style="cursor: pointer" class="showHidden btn btn-default">Change Places</button> </div> <div class="col-sm-6" style="height: 100%"> <strong>Transit Duration: </strong>0h 21m <br> <strong>Transfer Duration: </strong>0h 4m </div> </div> </div> <div style="overflow:auto;height: 250px;border: 1px solid #686868;border-radius: 5px;width:80%;margin: auto;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom: 20px"> <div style="margin: auto;width: 90%"> to;width: 90%"> <div class="form-group"><div class="col-sm-2"></div><div class="col-sm-10"><div class="radio"><label class="required"><input type="radio" id="route_flight_0" name="route[flight]" required="required" value="0"> Dubai 00:30 26 Oct 2016 Dublin 14:55 26 Oct 2016 Duration: 17h 25m Stops: 3 Price: 393.5 EUR</label></div></div></div> </div> <div style="margin: auto;width: 90%"> <div class="form-group"><div class="col-sm-2"></div><div class="col-sm-10"><div class="radio"><label class="required"><input type="radio" id="route_flight_1" name="route[flight]" required="required" value="1"> Dubai 00:30 26 Oct 2016 Dublin 09:10 26 Oct 2016 Duration: 11h 40m Stops: 2 Price: 402.27 EUR</label></div></div></div> </div> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-sm-2"></div> <div class="col-sm-10"> <div class="radio"> <label class="required"> <input type="radio" id="route_flight_0" name="route[flight]" required="required" value="0">Dubai 00:30 26 Oct 2016 Dublin 14:55 26 Oct 2016 Duration: 17h 25m Stops: 3 Price: 393.5 EUR</label> </div> </div> </div> </div> 

Answer 1

You're going to have problems with this HTML structure, because there's no clear relationship in the DOM between the <input type="radio"> and the element you're trying to target.

Specifically, jQuery's .prevAll only looks at the previous siblings of the element you start from: in this case, the <label class="required"> that is the parent of your radio button. That label has no siblings, so prevAll returns nothing.

There are a few ways to define the relationship between the radio and the possible targets. One way is to wrap both the radio button and the targets in a known container, then look inside the container for the last match:

HTML:

<ul class="routes">
  <li class="route">
     <input type="text" class="route-segment" value="route1"/>
  </li>
  <li class="route">
     <input type="text" class="route-segment" value="route2"/>
  </li>
  <li class="route">
     <input type="text" class="route-segment" value="route3"/>
  </li>
    <li class="route">
     <input type="text" class="route-segment" value="route4"/>
  </li>
</ul>

<ul class="transfers">
  <li class="transfer">
    <input type="radio" name="transfer-select" value="transfer-1">
  </li>
  <li class="transfer">
    <input type="radio" name="transfer-select" value="transfer-2">
  </li>
</ul>

JS:

$(function(){
    // Cache the elements that we're going to need:
  var routes = $('.routes .route'),
      transfers = $('.transfers .transfer');

    // Whenever the selected transfer is changed, find the last route:
  transfers.on('change', 'input:radio', function(){
    var route = routes.last();
    //Find the input inside the last route:
    console.log(route.find('input.route-segment').val());
    //Find the input inside the second-to-last route:
    console.log(route.prev().find('input.route-segment').val());
  });
});