Get index of visible element in jquery

Question

I want to get index of selectedclass between visible elements in jquery.

<ul>
    <li>element 01</li>
    <li style="display: none">element 02</li>
    <li style="display: none">element 03</li>
    <li style="display: none">element 04</li>
    <li>element 05</li>
    <li>element 06</li>
    <li class="selected">element 07</li>
    <li style="display: none">element 08</li>
</ul>

I have tried these ways

console.log($('ul li.selected').index());
console.log($('ul li:visible.selected').index());

I want the number 3 for the example above: The index of the .selected element in the ul ignoring the elements that aren't visible.

Answer 1

You can use index on the result of selecting the visible elements, passing in the selected element (or a jQuery object containing it). index will find the index of the element within the jQuery set (the visible elements):

var index = $("ul li:visible").index($("ul li.selected"));

Live Example:

var index = $("ul li:visible").index($("ul li.selected"));

console.log($("ul li:visible").index($("ul li.selected")));