sourceIndex Property

Retrieves the ordinal position of the object , in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

[ iIndex = ] object.sourceIndex

Possible Values

iIndex

Integer that receives the ordinal position.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Example

This example uses the sourceIndex property to identify the previous and next elements in the all collection.

<SCRIPT>
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>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

Platform Version

Win16:	4.0
Win32:	4.0
Windows CE:	4.0
Unix:	4.0
Mac:	4.0

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