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Get index of element as child relative to parent
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<ul class="bullets">
<li><a href="#">item 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">item 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">item 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">item 4</a></li>
<li><a href="#">item 5</a></li>
</ul>
When I click on the <a>
element, i'd like to get it's parent <li>
's index number.
I'm trying to create a carrousel type function that doesn't need item-n classes on the list items.
$(".bullets li a").click(function(){
var myIndex = $(this).parent().index(this);
showPic(myIndex);
});
Thanks for any help.
TD.
$(".bullets li a").click(function(){
var myIndex = $(this).parent().prevAll().length;
showPic(myIndex);
});
Note: prevAll().length
will give you a zero-based index; the first item will be 0 (zero).
$(this).parent().index();
short and sweet
Correction : this is not short and sweet
from where this comes it should be like:
$(".bullets li a").click(function(){
var myIndex = $(this).parent().index();
console.log(myIndex);
showPic(myIndex);
});
How I'd do it
$(".bullets li a").click(function()
{
var $li = $(this).parent();
var myIndex = $li.parent().children().index( $li );
alert( myIndex );
});
$(".bullets li a").click(function(){
var myIndex = $(this).parent().index();
console.log(myIndex);
showPic(myIndex);
});
$(".bullets li a").click(function(){
var me = $(this);
var myIndex = $.each($("li", $(this).parent().parent()), function(i, item){
if(item == me){
showPic(i);
});
});
Here is a solution I created using tables. you can see how I used the selectors. Im sure it could be cleaner, but here you are:
$('.showColumn').live('click',function() {
var theEl = {{id of the element}};
var setEl = $('th#' + theEl + '');
var index = setEl.index(setEl.parentNode);
$('table tr').each(function() {
$('th:eq(' + index + ')',this).show();
$('td:eq(' + index + ')',this).show();
});
});
cheers.bo