Find the position of an element within a list

Question

I\'m looking to find the position (i.e. the order) of a clicked element within a list using jQuery.

I have:

 
Element 1         


        

Answer 1

Use index():

$("li").click(function() {
  var index = $(this).parent().children().index(this);
  alert("You clicked item " + index);
});

Indexes start at 0.