Select an element and its siblings

Question

Toggling an element and its siblings can be accomplished as:

$(this).toggle();
$(this).prev().toggle();

Combining them doesn't work:

$(this,$(this).prev()).toggle();

How can both be selected at the same time?

Answer 1

For jQuery 1.8+, use .addBack():

$(this).prev().addBack().toggle();

For earlier jQuery versions, use the deprecated .andSelf() call (see demo):

$(this).prev().andSelf().toggle();