ul has a previous sibling (the h1); I suspect there's a head tag
that's the body's previous sibling. In both cases then, prevAll()
would result in a length of 1.
Also I assume you meant the second paragraph, which starts with "In
addition to this the earth".
On Jul 9, 12:27 am, Shashank <sayhitoshash...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an HTML page where when user clicks on a paragraph I want to
> find out its path. I have written a jquery script for it:
>
> jQuery.fn.extend({
> getPath: function( path ) {
> // The first time this function is called, path won't be
> defined.
> if ( typeof path == 'undefined' ) path = '';
> if ( this.is('html') )
> return '/html' + path;
> // Add the element name.
> var cur = this.get(0).nodeName.toLowerCase();
> var index = this.prevAll().length;
> // Recurse up the DOM.
> return this.parent().getPath( '/' + cur + '[' + index + ']' +
> path );
> }
>
> });
>
> On an html page like this
> <body>
> <h1> Testing </h1>
> <ul>
> <li>
> <p> Except when the winds rise to a high speed, we seem to
> live in a very tranquil world.</p>
> <p> In addition to this the earth revolves round the sun
> at a speed of more than a thousand miles a minute.</p>
> </li>
> <li>
> <p> Circling round the earth, in the same way as the earth
> circles round the sun, is our moon. </p>
> </li>
> </ul>
> </body>
>
> Clicking on the second paragraph "Except when the winds..." generates /
> html/body[1]/ul[1]/li[0]/p[1]. I am not getting why body and ul have
> index 1. Please help. Sorry for the long mail.
