JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by j08691

HTML

<ul>
  <li data-sel='foo'>a</li>
  <li>b</li>
  <li data-sel='foo'>c</li>
  <li class='selected'>d</li>
  <li data-sel='foo'>e</li>
 </ul>

JavaScript

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


console.log(element);