[jQuery] Re: Getting element index, then adding text later to that index location

2008-07-01 Thread Dan
I want to go deep, so if I had html > body > div > div > p > b > i ... and I clicked on p, I would get the index number for p. Then problem with $("*", document.body).click(function () {}); is that you click on every element, not just the top most one. It is similar to stabbing through 10 sheets

[jQuery] Re: Getting element index, then adding text later to that index location

2008-06-30 Thread Michael Geary
I'm not quite following this. If you have a DOM element (i.e. "this" in your click function), and you want to do something with it later, simply save a reference to the element itself. Why do you want to use an index into a jQuery result array? Also, in a page with many elements, those "*" select

[jQuery] Re: Getting element index, then adding text later to that index location

2008-06-30 Thread spicyj
On Jun 30, 10:59 am, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But when I click, it adds the red text color to all parents too. I > changed the code too print the index number and it appends several > index numbers to the element I click and the parents. > > [...] > > So, how do I get only the top most ele