Question

I am really lost with trying to order an ul list by the span in the li.

I have this next structure

<ul id="videosList">
  <li class="response1">
    <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Alex breaking bad</span>
      <li>
        <li class="response1">
          <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Jason playing piano</span>
            <li>
              <li class="response1">
                <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Jenny skying</span>
                  <li>
                    <li class="response1">
                      <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Chuck norris</span>
                        <li>
                          <li class="response1">
                            <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Zyxwaa</span>
                              <li>
                                <li class="response1">
                                  <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Realtek</span>
                                    <li>

                                      <li class="response2">
                                        <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Bad alex breaking</span>
                                          <li>
                                            <li class="response2">
                                              <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Piano playing Jason</span>
                                                <li>
                                                  <li class="response2">
                                                    <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Skying Jenny</span>
                                                      <li>
                                                        <li class="response2">
                                                          <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Norris chuck</span>
                                                            <li>
                                                              <li class="response2">
                                                                <a href="link"><img src="moon" /><span>Intel</span>
                                                                  <li>
</ul>

I have that list generated from some uploaded videos and separated because respnse1 brings videos from X database and response brings videos from Y database. What I want to do is to order the list by the content of the SPAN in LI.

I’ve tried a few things from Google and Stack Overflow but I couldn’t adapt any 1 to fit what I need.

So that’s it, how can I order a list with JavaScript/jQuery by the content of SPAN in LI?

Answer 1

it works!…

var list = $("ul#videosList");
var desc= false;
list.append(list.children().get().sort(function(a, b) {
    var aProp = $(a).find("span").text(),
        bProp = $(b).find("span").text();
    return (aProp > bProp ? 1 : aProp < bProp ? -1 : 0) * (desc ? -1 : 1);
}));