### Method

# GLib TreeNode previous

since: 2.68

#### Declaration

    GTreeNode*
    g_tree_node_previous (
      GTreeNode* node
    )

#### Description

Returns the previous in-order node of the tree, or `NULL` if the passed node was already the first one.

Available since: 2.68

#### Return value

Type: `GTreeNode`

The previous node in the tree.

The data is owned by the instance.
The return value can be `NULL`.