What browser are you using? All your examples work correctly for me in Firefox.
It's also worth noting that your failing examples are all incorrect HTML. There's never a valid case where a SPAN can be a sibling of an LI because LI can only come directly below UL and OL, and it's the only thing that can come below it. -Fred On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:32 AM, LinkChang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the following is the examples > > <span id="test">test text</span> > <span id="btnAddAnswer" style="display:none;"></span> > $('btnAddAnswer').previous(0); -> test -- Science answers questions; philosophy questions answers. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---