Getting the row is easier. :) There is a rowIndex attribute. http://commadot.com/jquery/rowindex.php
Nuts, I am too late. Question answered. I whipped up a demo anyway. http://commadot.com/jquery/colIndex.php Fun question. Glen On Nov 26, 2007 8:10 AM, jonhobbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I posted a very similar question yesterday, here - > > http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/c50d8efbf11f0a22#1328b2f196d81e7f > > I possibly worded the question badly and haven't had a reply yet but > would also be very interested in a neat way to do this. > > People must often need a way to find out the index of an element > amongst it's siblings ? > > Jon > > On Nov 26, 3:35 pm, badtant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the following html: > > > > <table> > > <thead> > > <tr> > > <th>col a</th> > > <th>col b</th> > > <th>col c</th> > > </tr> > > </thead> > > <tbody> > > <tr> > > <td>aaa</td> > > <td>bbb</td> > > <td>ccc</td> > > </tr> > > </tbody> > > </table> > > > > When the user hovers the th-element I have a function. I want that > > function to return which of the columns that has been hovered. Let me > > explain... when hovering "col a" I want to get the value 1 and when > > hovering "col b" I want to get the value 2. Any suggestions on how can > > that be achieved? > > > > Thanks! > > /Niklas >
