Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
the ordinal position.
Examples
This example uses the sourceIndex property to identify the previous and next elements in the all collection.
<script type="text/javascript">
function fnHandler(){
// Retrieve the element that fired the event.
var oElement=event.srcElement;
var iIndex=oElement.sourceIndex;
var sTagName=oElement.tagName;
if(sTagName=="!"){
sTagName="comment";
}
oVal1.innerText=iIndex;
oVal2.innerText=sTagName;
if(iIndex-1>0){
sTagName=document.all[iIndex-1].tagName;
if(sTagName=="!"){
sTagName="comment";
}
oVal3.innerText=sTagName;
}
else{
oVal3.innerText="Cannot read.";
}
if(iIndex+1<document.all.length){
sTagName=document.all[iIndex+1].tagName;
if(sTagName=="!"){
sTagName="comment";
}
oVal4.innerText=sTagName;
}
else{
oVal4.innerText="Cannot read.";
}
}
</script>
<body onmousemove="fnHandler()">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Source Index:</td>
<td id="oVal1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Object Name:</td>
<td id="oVal2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Previous Object:</td>
<td id="oVal3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Next Object:</td>
<td id="oVal4"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
See also
- a
- abbr
- address
- area
- article
- aside
- b
- bdo
- blockQuote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- custom
- dd
- del
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- figcaption
- figure
- footer
- form
- head
- header
- hgroup
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=hidden
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- ins
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- map
- mark
- nav
- object
- ol
- optGroup
- option
- p
- pre
- q
- rt
- ruby
- s
- samp
- section
- select
- small
- span
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- tr
- u
- ul
- var
Build date: 11/28/2012
