Feature Request: Get XPath of a Node

[cstayyab]

Can we get XPath of an element when nothing is passed in the xpath() just like when we don't pass any value to val() we get its current value. I had something like this in mind:

inputNode = $("input")[0];
$(inputNode).xpath(); // should return "/html[1]/body[1]/input[1]"

[ilinsky]

Hi Muhammad,

The functionality you are looking for has very little to do with the purpose of the library. Your needs can easily be met with a simple function, see quick prototype in vanilla javascript:

function getXPathForElement(element) {
    var path = [];
    for (; element && element.nodeType != 9; element = element.parentNode) {
        for (var sibling = element, index = 1; sibling = sibling.previousSibling;) {
            if (sibling.nodeName == element.nodeName) {
                index++;
            }
        }
        path.unshift(element.localName + "[" + index + "]");
    }
    return '/' + path.join("/");
}