assuming you're always deleting one element at at a time (or in odd quantities, hehe), how about
$(deleted_element).nextAll().toggleClass('odd').toggleClass('even'); (would be shorter if toggleClass could take multiple classes) On Jun 5, 4:57 pm, "Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com" <d...@widepixels.com> wrote: > I have a li layout which have the even odd class applied to them. Each item > in the li has a delete link,click deletes the li but i am left with > li class even > li class even > li class odd > if i delete an odd one or vice versa > > how can i upon delete re-assign the even odd classes so they remain looking > correct? > > thanks > > Dave