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Asked: 2026-05-16T12:25:37+00:00

I need to determine which element comes first in my markup, such as an

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I need to determine which element comes first in my markup, such as an input or select. For example

<body>
    <input type="text" />
    <select><option>Test</option></select>
<body>

In this case, the input comes first in the DOM whereas

<body>
    <select><option>Test</option></select>
    <input type="text" />
<body>

in this case, select comes first. Any way to do this using jQuery? Thanks

EDIT: Just to clarify, I don’t want the very first element, I ONLY want to know if between the input and select element, which comes first. There could be other elements before the select and input elements.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use index.
    if $('select:first').index() < $('input:first').index() then the select is first

    See a sample here: http://jsfiddle.net/ZLmMB/

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