Click the list items to get the index position, relative to its sibling elements.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("li").click(function(){ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = $(this).index(); });/*from ww w .j a v a 2 s .c om*/ }); </script> </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <ul> <li>CSS</li> <li>HTML</li> <li>Javascript</li> </ul> </body> </html>