nevermind, found it!
var thisMenuLevelInt = $thisA.parents('ul').length;
On 30 déc, 17:22, "Alexandre Plennevaux" <aplennev...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> hello mates,
>
> i have a multiple level dropdown menu, the markup is an unordered list
> of the likes:
>
> <ul>
> <li><a href="#">me</a>
> <ul><li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a>
> <ul><li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> </ul>
> </li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> </ul></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a>
> <ul><li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a>
> <ul><li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> </ul>
> </li>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> </ul>
> </li>
>
> <li><a href="#">me</a></li>
> </ul>
>
> Imagine i click in the link 3 levels down the list. Can someone tell
> me how i can find the value "3", meaning, the amount of parent ul?
> i tried
>
> var $thisA = $(this);
> var $thisLI = $thisA.parent();
> var $thisMenu = $thisLI.parent();
> var $thisSubmenu = $thisLI.children('ul');
>
> var thisMenuLevelInt = $thisLI.parents().index($thisMenu[0]);
>
> but that always returns 0.
>
> Your help is as usual, *much* appreciated !
>
> Alexandre
