Finding the index of a list item in jQuery
- by Tim Piele
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?
