Stephan, that was a good suggestion but I'm trying to minimize HTML
code because the page I am working on is asp.net. That's a useful
trick to know.
Mauricio it worked like a charm. Thank you so much. If you don't
mind, can you briefly explain why function(i) seems to know the
element's index?
On Feb 2, 3:08 pm, "Mauricio \(Maujor\) Samy Silva"
<css.mau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try:
>
> $('input[type=text]').each(function(i) {
> $(this).click(function() {
> alert(i);
> });
> });
>
> Maurício
>
> -----Mensagem Original-----
> De: "bittermonkey" <brakes...@gmail.com>
> Para: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com>
> Enviada em: segunda-feira, 2 de fevereiro de 2009 17:47
> Assunto: [jQuery] How do I get the index of the currently clicked textbox?
>
>
>
> > Hi,
>
> > How do I get the index of the currently clicked textbox? I have 5
> > textboxes in a form, all of which I am binding a click event. Here is
> > the code:
>
> > $("#associate-form input[type=text]").bind("click", function()
> > {
> > alert(this); //what is its index position from the 5
> > other textboxes?
> > });
>
> > Thanks in advance.
