Finding the index of a list item in jQuery
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I have an unordered list of eight items. On page load the first five <li>
have default thumbnail images in them and the 6th one has a 1px by 1px placeholder image with the ID of $('#last')
. When a user inserts a new image it replaces the 'src' of $('#last')
with their new image. It's not the most efficient way but it works.
<ul>
<li><img src="img1.png" /></li>
<li><img src="img2.png" /></li>
<li><img src="img3.png" /></li>
<li><img src="img4.png" /></li>
<li><img src="img5.png" /></li>
<li><img src="1px.png" id="last"/></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
When the user adds a new image the ID of $('#last')
is removed and I use each()
to find the next empty <li>
and insert the 1px by 1px image in it, with an ID of $('#last')
so it is ready for the next image upload.
At this point I need to get the index()
of the <li>
that now has the 1px by 1px image in it, whose ID is $('#last')
, so that I can store the index in the session, so when a user comes back to the page the $('#last')
ID is still set and ready to accept another image.
How do I get the index of the <li>
with that image in it, since it was set after page load? Is there a way to use delegate()
or on()
to get it? i.e. how do I get the index of an element that was set after page load?
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