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next

Get the immediately following sibling of each DOM element within a set of DOM elements.

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The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how .next() works in jQuery.

Syntax​

.next()
.next(selector)
.next(options)
.next(selector, options)

Usage​

Correct Usage

cy.get('nav a:first').next() // Yield next link in nav

Incorrect Usage

cy.next() // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.getCookies().next() // Errors, 'getCookies' does not yield DOM element

Arguments​

selector (String selector)

A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of .next().

OptionDefaultDescription
logtrueDisplays the command in the Command log
timeoutdefaultCommandTimeoutTime to wait for .next() to resolve before timing out

Yields ​

  • .next() yields the new DOM element(s) it found.

Examples​

No Args​

Find the element next to .second​

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li class="second">oranges</li>
  <li>bananas</li>
</ul>
// yields <li>bananas</li>
cy.get('.second').next()

Testing a datalist​

<input list="fruit" />
<datalist id="fruit">
  <option>Apple</option>
  <option>Banana</option>
  <option>Cantaloupe</option>
</datalist>
cy.get('#fruit option')
  .first()
  .should('have.text', 'Apple')
  .next()
  .should('have.text', 'Banana')
  .next()
  .should('have.text', 'Cantaloupe')

Selector​

Find the very next sibling of each li. Keep only the ones with a class selected​

<ul>
  <li>apples</li>
  <li>oranges</li>
  <li>bananas</li>
  <li class="selected">pineapples</li>
</ul>
// yields <li>pineapples</li>
cy.get('li').next('.selected')

Rules​

Requirements ​

  • .next() requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).

Assertions ​

  • .next() will automatically retry until the element(s) exist in the DOM
  • .next() will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed

Timeouts ​

  • .next() can time out waiting for the element(s) to exist in the DOM.
  • .next() can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log​

Find the element next to the .active li

cy.get('.left-nav').find('li.active').next()

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

Command Log next

When clicking on next within the command log, the console outputs the following:

Console Log next

See also​