JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Nidhi Patel
HTML
<ul>
<li><a href="#" id="One">One</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="Two">Two</a></li>
<li>
<a href="#" id="Three">Three</a>
</li>
<li><a href="#" id="Four">Four</a></li>
<li><a href="#" id="Five">Five</a></li>
</ul>
CSS
.active {
background-color : yellow;
}
JavaScript
var prev = document.getElementById("Three").parentElement.parentElement;
console.log(prev);
console.log(prev.nodeType);
while(prev.nodeType == 3)
prev = prev.previousSibling;
prev.setAttribute("class", "active");