On click, returns the index (based zero) of that div in the page.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <style> div { background:yellow; margin:5px; } span { color:red; } </style> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div").click(function () { // this is the dom element clicked var index = $("div").index(this); $("span").text("That was div index #" + index); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <span>Click a div!</span> <div>First div</div> <div>Second div</div> <div>Third div</div> </body> </html>
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