[jQuery] Re: save pointer to element in a cookie

[Karl Swedberg]

you could store the link's index:

$('#yourlist a').each(function(index) {
  $(this).click(function() {
      $.cookie('mylink', index);
      // do something else?
      /* (?) */ return false;
  });
});

Then, you can select it like this:
if ( $.cookie('mylink') != null ) {
  $('#yourlist a:eq(' + $.cookie('mylink') + ')')
  // .doSomething();
}

--Karl

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Karl Swedberg
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www.learningjquery.com




On Feb 16, 2009, at 10:14 PM, junk.mail...@gmail.com wrote:

I need to save state for a nav in a cookie. I've managed to learn
enough jquery so far to be able to detect which link was clicked and
traverse to the dom element that I want save a pointer to, I'm just
not sure what value to store in the cookie so I can identify that
element on the next page load. The li elements in question don't have
an assigned id or class, so I'm not sure what handle to the element I
can store to get back to it.

If my description of the problem isn't clear enough, please let me
know and I'll try to clear it up in any way necessary.

Thanks,
Marty