JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by amaan

HTML

<ul>
  <li data-sel='foo'></li>
  <li>NOT THIS</li>
  <li data-sel='foo'>THIS</li>
  <li class='selected'></li>
  <li data-sel='foo'></li>
 </ul>

JavaScript

var element = $('.selected').prev("li[data-sel='foo']");
console.log(element[0]);