You can edit / change the code and click run button <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>prev demo</title> <style> div { width: 90px; height: 90px; margin: 10px; float: left; border: 2px red solid; padding: 2px; } span { font-size: 18px; color:white; } p { clear: left; margin: 10px; } </style> <script src="../../../jquery-1.10.2.js"></script> <script>var clicky_site_ids = clicky_site_ids || []; clicky_site_ids.push(101319977);</script><script async src="//static.getclicky.com/js"></script> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <div id="start"><span>Move me to the previous element </span></div> <p><button>Click me to preview</button></p> <script> var $curr = $( "#start" ); $curr.css( "background", "#10b48f" ); $( "button" ).click(function() { $curr = $curr.prev(); $( "div" ).css( "background", "" ); $curr.css( "background", "#10b48f" ); }); </script>