Does .is() accept DOM elements?
The reason I ask is that the class may not always be selected, and I am
being handed a vanilla DOM node.
Will is() look at that, or only for class names? I know not() will take an
element, but Im not sure if is does.
Thanks,
Karl Swedberg-2 wrote:
>
> Hi Nate,
>
> Give this one a shot:
>
> $('li').each(function(index){
> if($(this).is('.selected')) {
> alert(index+1);
> };
> });
>
>
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedberg
> www.englishrules.com
> www.learningjquery.com
>
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Nate Cavanaugh wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm looking to find the current numeric position of a certain element
>> amongst it's siblings.
>>
>> Let's say I have a list like so:
>>
>> <ul>
>> <li>Test 1</li>
>> <li>Test 2</li>
>> <li class="selected">Test 3</li>
>> <li>Test 4</li>
>> <li>Test 5</li>
>> </ul>
>>
>> So, I grab $('li.selected'). I now want to find out what number it
>> is (in
>> this case, I would want it to return 3).
>>
>> Currently, I am doing it this way, but I am hoping for a more
>> jQuery-esque
>> way:
>>
>> var item = $('li.selected')[0];
>> var position = 1;
>> $('li').each(function() {
>> if(this != item){
>> position++;
>> }else {
>> return false;
>> }
>> });
>>
>> Seems a bit ugly, but it could be the only way, I dunno.
>>
>> Anyone have any thoughts?
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