Oh I see! Thank you :)...
mkmanning wrote: > ul has a previous sibling (the h1); I suspect there's a head tag > that's the body's previous sibling. In both cases then, prevAll() > would result in a length of 1. > Also I assume you meant the second paragraph, which starts with "In > addition to this the earth". > > On Jul 9, 12:27 am, Shashank <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an HTML page where when user clicks on a paragraph I want to > > find out its path. I have written a jquery script for it: > > > > jQuery.fn.extend({ > > getPath: function( path ) { > > // The first time this function is called, path won't be > > defined. > > if ( typeof path == 'undefined' ) path = ''; > > if ( this.is('html') ) > > return '/html' + path; > > // Add the element name. > > var cur = this.get(0).nodeName.toLowerCase(); > > var index = this.prevAll().length; > > // Recurse up the DOM. > > return this.parent().getPath( '/' + cur + '[' + index + ']' + > > path ); > > } > > > > }); > > > > On an html page like this > > <body> > > <h1> Testing </h1> > > <ul> > > <li> > > <p> Except when the winds rise to a high speed, we seem to > > live in a very tranquil world.</p> > > <p> In addition to this the earth revolves round the sun > > at a speed of more than a thousand miles a minute.</p> > > </li> > > <li> > > <p> Circling round the earth, in the same way as the earth > > circles round the sun, is our moon. </p> > > </li> > > </ul> > > </body> > > > > Clicking on the second paragraph "Except when the winds..." generates / > > html/body[1]/ul[1]/li[0]/p[1]. I am not getting why body and ul have > > index 1. Please help. Sorry for the long mail.
