You are teh hotness John :D
Thanks for that. I've been racking the cabeza for quite a while trying to
get that one :)
John Resig wrote:
>
> You want the index() function:
>
> var item = $("li.selected")[0];
> var position = $("li").index( item );
>
> On 3/23/07, Nate Cavanaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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