Get current rowIndex of table in jQuery

Question

My table cell gets highlighted when clicked. I need to find the rowIndex of highlighted cell. I tried doing like this

$(".ui-state-highlight").index(); // Results to 0 

I tried this too...

$('td').click(function(){      var row_index = $(this).parent().index('tr');      var col_index = $(this).index('tr:eq('+row_index+') td');      alert('Row # '+(row_index)+' Column # '+(col_index));  });  // Results : Row # -1 Column # -1 

I went to through this post and tried the first answer, still couldn't get the result.

Answer 1

Try this,

$('td').click(function(){    var row_index = $(this).parent().index();    var col_index = $(this).index(); }); 

If you need the index of table contain td then you can change it to

var row_index = $(this).parent('table').index();  

Answer 2

Since "$(this).parent().index();" and "$(this).parent('table').index();" don't work for me, I use this code instead:

$('td').click(function(){    var row_index = $(this).closest("tr").index();    var col_index = $(this).index(); });