Get Index Of Element Within UL

Question

Using jQuery, I\'d like to be able to get the index of the li where the contained anchor tag\'s HREF equals \"#All\". (In this case the correct result would be 3)

Answer 1

This should do it:

var index = $("#tabs ul li").index($("li:has(a[href='#All'])"));

• You were selecting all
  instead of all
  • s you wanted to get the index out of.
  • You have to check if the
  • element :has a link with what you want by using the :has selector, otherwise the matched element will be the itself instead of the
  • .

  Tested the above and it gives me the correct answer, 3, as the index is 0-based.