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xelawho · 10-02-2012, 07:37 PM

1. I think your append string is badly formed - shouldn't it be like this?

Code:

$('#scrubberList').append('<li><span id="' + pages_arr[i] + '" index="' + i + '" class="scrubberBtn"></span></li>');

2. I think you are better off using the native jQuery attr

Code:

alert($("#scrubberList").attr("index"));

3. The scrubberList has no index, it is the li's that you append to it. Have a look at DOM transversal methods like nextAll() and children()

10-02-2012, 07:37 PM	PM User \| #2
xelawho Senior Coder Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,437 Thanks: 52 Thanked 454 Times in 452 Posts	1. I think your append string is badly formed - shouldn't it be like this? Code: $('#scrubberList').append('<li><span id="' + pages_arr[i] + '" index="' + i + '" class="scrubberBtn"></span></li>'); 2. I think you are better off using the native jQuery attr Code: alert($("#scrubberList").attr("index")); 3. The scrubberList has no index, it is the li's that you append to it. Have a look at DOM transversal methods like nextAll() and children()