# .nextAll()

## nextAll ( selector ) Returns: jQuery version added: 1.2

- selector
  Type: String
  A string containing a selector expression to match elements against.

Description: Get all following siblings of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

Given a jQuery object that represents a set of DOM elements, the `.nextAll()` method allows us to search through the successors of these elements in the DOM tree and construct a new jQuery object from the matching elements.

The method optionally accepts a selector expression of the same type that we can pass to the `$()` function. If the selector is supplied, the elements will be filtered by testing whether they match it.

Consider a page with a simple list on it:

    <ul>
      <li>list item 1</li>
      <li>list item 2</li>
      <li class="third-item">list item 3</li>
      <li>list item 4</li>
      <li>list item 5</li>
    </ul>

If we begin at the third item, we can find the elements which come after it:

    $( "li.third-item" ).nextAll().css( "background-color", "red" );

The result of this call is a red background behind items 4 and 5. Since we do not supply a selector expression, these following elements are unequivocally included as part of the object. If we had supplied one, the elements would be tested for a match before they were included.

## Examples:

#### Example: Locate all the divs after the first and give them a class.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>css demo</title>

      <style>

      div {
        width: 80px;
        height: 80px;
        background: #abc;
        border: 2px solid black;
        margin: 10px;
        float: left;
      }
      div.after {
        border-color: red;
      }

      </style>

      <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <div>first</div>
    <div>sibling<div>child</div></div>
    <div>sibling</div>
    <div>sibling</div>
    <script>

    $( "div:first" ).nextAll().addClass( "after" );

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo:

#### Example: Locate all the paragraphs after the second child in the body and give them a class.

    <!doctype html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
      <title>css demo</title>

      <style>

      div, p {
        width: 60px;
        height: 60px;
        background: #abc;
        border: 2px solid black;
        margin: 10px;
        float: left;
      }
      .after {
        border-color: red;
      }

      </style>

      <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <p>p</p>
    <div>div</div>
    <p>p</p>
    <p>p</p>
    <div>div</div>
    <p>p</p>
    <div>div</div>

    <script>

    $( ":nth-child(1)" ).nextAll( "p" ).addClass( "after" );

    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: