Thank you, Alex! It did indeed point me in the right direction. I tested it
and there is one small bug. The code reading:
index($(this).parent(li)[0])
I discovered was missing quotes and should read:
index($(this).parent("li")[0])
Otherwise, it worked terrific! Thank you for the help!
The revised full code is:
$(document).ready( function() {
$('#articlesIndex li a').click( function() {
currIndex = $("#articlesIndex ul li").index($(this).parent("li")[0]);
alert("You just clicked list item number: " + currIndex);
return false; // prevents the hyperlink from firing
});
});
Alex Cook wrote:
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Matt
> Subject: [jQuery] How to tell numerically which sibling element
> I'vetriggered?
>
> I have an unordered list like this:
>
> <div id="articlesIndex">
> <ul>
> <li> "article01.php First Article </li>
> <li> "article02.php Second Article </li>
> <li> "article03.php Third Article </li>
> </ul>
> </div>
>
> I cannot figure out how (or whether) I can use jQuery to read "which LI
> element has just been clicked" as a numeric index. Here is a simplified
> example code:
>
> $(document).ready( function() {
> $('#articlesIndex li a').click( function() {
> alert("You just clicked list item number: ");
> return false; // prevents the hyperlink from firing
> } );
> } );
>
> Now how do I pass the number so that the alert "You just clicked list
> item
> number: " is followed by the number just clicked on?
> -----
>
> You're close, you want to look at .index()[1] and use that. Here is some
> untested code that should point you in the right direction.
>
> $(document).ready( function() {
> $('#articlesIndex li a').click( function() {
> currIndex = $("#articlesIndex ul
> li").index($(this).parent(li)[0]);
> alert("You just clicked list item number: " + currIndex);
> return false; // prevents the hyperlink from firing
> });
> });
>
> Basically we are grabbing all the LI elements within #articleIndex and
> then finding the index of the LI that contains the A element the user
> clicked on in the first place.
>
> [1] - http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/#indexElement
>
> -ALEX
>
>
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