prev(); and next(); usage clarification Jquery

Question

we have a series of divs, and we would like to assign different classes to the next and previous siblings of the currently selected DIV.

This is our code:

<div class="panel">DIV content 1</div>
<div class="panel current">DIV content 2</div> //THIS IS THE CURRENTLY SELECTED PANEL
<div class="panel">DIV content 3</div>
<div class="panel">DIV content 4</div>
<div class="panel">DIV content 5</div>

As I understood, the following JQuery code would look for siblings of .current and add the classes next and previous. But since it's looking for .current elements, it'll not find em. How can I refer to the .current panel and addClass to the next and previous .panel elements?

Thank you.

$('.current').prev().addClass('previous');
$('.current').next().addClass('next');

Answer 1

$('.current').prev() gives you one element before .current:

<div class="panel">DIV content 1</div>

$('.current').next() gives you one element after .current:

<div class="panel">DIV content 3</div>

See Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/ssNUN/

If you want to get all prev or next elements use nextUntil() and prevUntil().

See Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/YfV5x/

Answer 2

As per your needs, you may use siblings(), nextUntil, prevUntil, nextAll, prevAll functions. The next() and prev() will get you to just one previous or next element respectively.

//To select all previous elements of `.current` element:
$('.current').prevAll('.panel').addClass('previous');
//To select all next elements of `.current` element:
$('.current').nextAll('.panel').addClass('next');

DEMO

Answer 3

You are doing it right just add the following

$('.current').prev(".panel").addClass('previous');
$('.current').next(".panel").addClass('next');

Answer 4

try this:

$('.current').prevUntil('.panel:first').addClass('previous');
$('.current').nextUntil('.panel:last').addClass('next');

http://jsfiddle.net/yxq39/

or:

$('.current').prevAll().addClass('previous');
$('.current').nextAll().addClass('next');