jQWidgets jqxNavBar getSelectedIndex() Method

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxNavBar represents a jQuery navigation bar widget built from <ul> and <li> tags. This widget is used for creating a simple or responsive horizontal/vertical navigation menu layouts.

The getSelectedIndex() method is used to get the selected item index number. It does not accept any parameter and returns the index number.

Syntax:

var index = $("Selector").jqxNavBar('getSelectedIndex');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link https://www.jqwidgets.com/download/. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqx-all.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxnavbar.js”></script>

The below example illustrates the jQWidgets jqxNavBar getSelectedIndex() method.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
        "jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css" type="text/css" />
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqx-all.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" 
        src="jqwidgets/jqxnavbar.js"></script>
  
    <style>
        h1,
        h3 {
            text-align: center;
        }
          
        #navBar {
            width: 100%;
            margin: 0 auto;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green;">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1>
  
    <h3>
        jQWidgets jqxNavBar getSelectedIndex() Method
    </h3>
  
    <div id="navBar">
        <ul>
            <li>GeeksforGeeks</li>
            <li>Data Structure</li>
            <li>Algorithm</li>
            <li>Web Technology</li>
            <li>Programming</li>
        </ul>
    </div>
  
    <center>
        <input type="button" id="jqxBtn" 
            value="Get Selected Index" 
            style="padding: 5px 15px; margin-top: 210px;">
    </center>
  
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function() {
            $("#navBar").jqxNavBar({
                width: 500,
                height: 200,
                selectedItem: 0,
                minimized: true,
                orientation: 'vertical'
            });
  
            $("#jqxBtn").on('click', function() {
                var index = $("#navBar")
                    .jqxNavBar('getSelectedIndex');
  
                alert('Selected Index: ' + index);
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>