Remove or Edit DIV with Jquery

[jarvis]

HI All,

I'm hoping someone can help!

I need to either remove or change a DIV tag directly above another. Here's the code:

<div style="clear:both;"></div>
<div class="berocket_lgv_widget" style="float:left;padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;">

Either the entire first DIV needs removing or change the style to clear:none

I thought something like:

$(".berocket_lgv_widget").prev().attr("style", " clear:none");
$(".berocket_lgv_widget").prev().remove();

No joy with either. I also tried before()

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks

[requinix]

Manipulating appearance like this is a pain. You know what's easier? Applying a class to an appropriate container ancestor and using CSS rules.

[jarvis]

Thanks @requinix

Unfortunately, this stems from a Wordpress build and the code is generated by a plugin, so its beyond my control.

 

[requinix]

I don't think you understand me.

You can write the Javascript, yes? I sure hope so because that's a rather important aspect to the problem you're describing.
I'm not saying you don't write Javascript. I'm saying you don't write Javascript that tries to manipulate the element's style. I'm saying you do write Javascript that adds/removes CSS classes from some appropriate ancestor element, then handle the appearance changes with a CSS rule.