在直接使用JavaScript（即没有jQuery之类的扩展名）的情况下，有没有一种方法可以确定父节点内部子节点的索引，而无需遍历和比较所有子节点？

例如，

var child = document.getElementById('my_element');
var parent = child.parentNode;
var childNodes = parent.childNodes;
var count = childNodes.length;
var child_index;
for (var i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
  if (child === childNodes[i]) {
    child_index = i;
    break;
  }
}

有没有更好的方法来确定孩子的指数？

您可以使用该previousSibling属性遍历兄弟姐妹，直到返回null并计算遇到的兄弟姐妹数：

var i = 0;
while( (child = child.previousSibling) != null ) 
  i++;
//at the end i will contain the index.

请注意，在Java之类的语言中，有一个getPreviousSibling()函数，但是在JS中，它已经成为一个属性- previousSibling。

我很喜欢indexOf为此使用。因为indexOfon Array.prototype和parent.children是a NodeList，所以您必须使用call();It有点难看，但是它是一个线性代码，并且使用任何javascript开发人员都应该熟悉的功能。

var child = document.getElementById('my_element');
var parent = child.parentNode;
// The equivalent of parent.children.indexOf(child)
var index = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(parent.children, child);

ES6：

Array.from(element.parentNode.children).indexOf(element)

说明：

• element.parentNode.children→返回的兄弟element，包括该元素。

• Array.from→将的构造函数强制children转换为Array对象

• indexOf→您可以申请，indexOf因为您现在有了一个Array对象。

ES—Shorter

[...element.parentNode.children].indexOf(element);

传播算子是实现此目的的捷径

添加（为安全起见）element.getParentIndex（）：

Element.prototype.PREFIXgetParentIndex = function() {
  return Array.prototype.indexOf.call(this.parentNode.children, this);
}

我假设给定一个元素，其所有子元素均在文档中顺序排列，最快的方法应该是进行二进制搜索，比较元素在文档中的位置。但是，正如结论中所介绍的，该假设被拒绝了。您拥有的元素越多，性能潜力越大。例如，如果您有256个元素，那么（最佳）您只需要检查其中的16个即可！对于65536，只有256个！性能增长到2的幂！查看更多数字/统计信息。访问维基百科

(function(constructor){
   'use strict';
    Object.defineProperty(constructor.prototype, 'parentIndex', {
      get: function() {
        var searchParent = this.parentElement;
        if (!searchParent) return -1;
        var searchArray = searchParent.children,
            thisOffset = this.offsetTop,
            stop = searchArray.length,
            p = 0,
            delta = 0;

        while (searchArray[p] !== this) {
            if (searchArray[p] > this)
                stop = p + 1, p -= delta;
            delta = (stop - p) >>> 1;
            p += delta;
        }

        return p;
      }
    });
})(window.Element || Node);

然后，使用它的方式是获取任何元素的'parentIndex'属性。例如，请查看以下演示。

(function(constructor){
   'use strict';
    Object.defineProperty(constructor.prototype, 'parentIndex', {
      get: function() {
        var searchParent = this.parentNode;
        if (searchParent === null) return -1;
        var childElements = searchParent.children,
            lo = -1, mi, hi = childElements.length;
        while (1 + lo !== hi) {
            mi = (hi + lo) >> 1;
            if (!(this.compareDocumentPosition(childElements[mi]) & 0x2)) {
                hi = mi;
                continue;
            }
            lo = mi;
        }
        return childElements[hi] === this ? hi : -1;
      }
    });
})(window.Element || Node);

output.textContent = document.body.parentIndex;
output2.textContent = document.documentElement.parentIndex;

Body parentIndex is <b id="output"></b><br />
documentElements parentIndex is <b id="output2"></b>

局限性

• 解决方案的此实现在IE8及以下版本中将不起作用。

二进制VS线性搜索在20万个元素上（可能会使某些移动浏览器崩溃，请注意！）：

• 在此测试中，我们将看到线性搜索找到中间元素与二进制搜索需要多长时间。为什么是中间元素？因为它位于所有其他位置的平均位置，所以它最好代表了所有可能的位置。

二进制搜索

(function(constructor){
   'use strict';
    Object.defineProperty(constructor.prototype, 'parentIndexBinarySearch', {
      get: function() {
        var searchParent = this.parentNode;
        if (searchParent === null) return -1;
        var childElements = searchParent.children,
            lo = -1, mi, hi = childElements.length;
        while (1 + lo !== hi) {
            mi = (hi + lo) >> 1;
            if (!(this.compareDocumentPosition(childElements[mi]) & 0x2)) {
                hi = mi;
                continue;
            }
            lo = mi;
        }
        return childElements[hi] === this ? hi : -1;
      }
    });
})(window.Element || Node);
test.innerHTML = '<div> </div> '.repeat(200e+3);
// give it some time to think:
requestAnimationFrame(function(){
  var child=test.children.item(99.9e+3);
  var start=performance.now(), end=Math.round(Math.random());
  for (var i=200 + end; i-- !== end; )
    console.assert( test.children.item(
        Math.round(99.9e+3+i+Math.random())).parentIndexBinarySearch );
  var end=performance.now();
  setTimeout(function(){
    output.textContent = 'It took the binary search ' + ((end-start)*10).toFixed(2) + 'ms to find the 999 thousandth to 101 thousandth children in an element with 200 thousand children.';
    test.remove();
    test = null; // free up reference
  }, 125);
}, 125);

<output id=output> </output><br />
<div id=test style=visibility:hidden;white-space:pre></div>

向后（`lastIndexOf`）线性搜索

(function(t){"use strict";var e=Array.prototype.lastIndexOf;Object.defineProperty(t.prototype,"parentIndexLinearSearch",{get:function(){return e.call(t,this)}})})(window.Element||Node);
test.innerHTML = '<div> </div> '.repeat(200e+3);
// give it some time to think:
requestAnimationFrame(function(){
  var child=test.children.item(99e+3);
  var start=performance.now(), end=Math.round(Math.random());
  for (var i=2000 + end; i-- !== end; )
    console.assert( test.children.item(
        Math.round(99e+3+i+Math.random())).parentIndexLinearSearch );
  var end=performance.now();
  setTimeout(function(){
    output.textContent = 'It took the backwards linear search ' + (end-start).toFixed(2) + 'ms to find the 999 thousandth to 101 thousandth children in an element with 200 thousand children.';
    test.remove();
    test = null; // free up reference
  }, 125);
});

<output id=output> </output><br />
<div id=test style=visibility:hidden;white-space:pre></div>

前向（`indexOf`）线性搜索

(function(t){"use strict";var e=Array.prototype.indexOf;Object.defineProperty(t.prototype,"parentIndexLinearSearch",{get:function(){return e.call(t,this)}})})(window.Element||Node);
test.innerHTML = '<div> </div> '.repeat(200e+3);
// give it some time to think:
requestAnimationFrame(function(){
  var child=test.children.item(99e+3);
  var start=performance.now(), end=Math.round(Math.random());
  for (var i=2000 + end; i-- !== end; )
    console.assert( test.children.item(
        Math.round(99e+3+i+Math.random())).parentIndexLinearSearch );
  var end=performance.now();
  setTimeout(function(){
    output.textContent = 'It took the forwards linear search ' + (end-start).toFixed(2) + 'ms to find the 999 thousandth to 101 thousandth children in an element with 200 thousand children.';
    test.remove();
    test = null; // free up reference
  }, 125);
});

<output id=output> </output><br />
<div id=test style=visibility:hidden;white-space:pre></div>

PreviousElement同级计数器搜索

计算获得上级索引的PreviousElementSiblings的数量。

(function(constructor){
   'use strict';
    Object.defineProperty(constructor.prototype, 'parentIndexSiblingSearch', {
      get: function() {
        var i = 0, cur = this;
        do {
            cur = cur.previousElementSibling;
            ++i;
        } while (cur !== null)
        return i; //Returns 3
      }
    });
})(window.Element || Node);
test.innerHTML = '<div> </div> '.repeat(200e+3);
// give it some time to think:
requestAnimationFrame(function(){
  var child=test.children.item(99.95e+3);
  var start=performance.now(), end=Math.round(Math.random());
  for (var i=100 + end; i-- !== end; )
    console.assert( test.children.item(
        Math.round(99.95e+3+i+Math.random())).parentIndexSiblingSearch );
  var end=performance.now();
  setTimeout(function(){
    output.textContent = 'It took the PreviousElementSibling search ' + ((end-start)*20).toFixed(2) + 'ms to find the 999 thousandth to 101 thousandth children in an element with 200 thousand children.';
    test.remove();
    test = null; // free up reference
  }, 125);
});

<output id=output> </output><br />
<div id=test style=visibility:hidden;white-space:pre></div>

没有搜寻

对于基准测试，如果浏览器优化了搜索结果，测试结果将是什么。

test.innerHTML = '<div> </div> '.repeat(200e+3);
// give it some time to think:
requestAnimationFrame(function(){
  var start=performance.now(), end=Math.round(Math.random());
  for (var i=2000 + end; i-- !== end; )
    console.assert( true );
  var end=performance.now();
  setTimeout(function(){
    output.textContent = 'It took the no search ' + (end-start).toFixed(2) + 'ms to find the 999 thousandth to 101 thousandth children in an element with 200 thousand children.';
    test.remove();
    test = null; // free up reference
  }, 125);
});

<output id=output> </output><br />
<div id=test style=visibility:hidden></div>

阴谋

但是，在Chrome中查看结果后，结果与预期相反。dumber正向线性搜索比二进制搜索快187 ms，令人吃惊3850％。显然，Chrome以某种方式神奇地胜过了console.assert它，并对其进行了优化，或者（更乐观地）Chrome内部使用了DOM的数字索引系统，并且该内部索引系统通过在对象Array.prototype.indexOf上使用时的优化而暴露出来HTMLCollection。

当节点具有大量同级节点时，使用二进制搜索算法来提高性能。

function getChildrenIndex(ele){
    //IE use Element.sourceIndex
    if(ele.sourceIndex){
        var eles = ele.parentNode.children;
        var low = 0, high = eles.length-1, mid = 0;
        var esi = ele.sourceIndex, nsi;
        //use binary search algorithm
        while (low <= high) {
            mid = (low + high) >> 1;
            nsi = eles[mid].sourceIndex;
            if (nsi > esi) {
                high = mid - 1;
            } else if (nsi < esi) {
                low = mid + 1;
            } else {
                return mid;
            }
        }
    }
    //other browsers
    var i=0;
    while(ele = ele.previousElementSibling){
        i++;
    }
    return i;
}

我的文本节点有问题，它显示了错误的索引。这是修复它的版本。

function getChildNodeIndex(elem)
{   
    let position = 0;
    while ((elem = elem.previousSibling) != null)
    {
        if(elem.nodeType != Node.TEXT_NODE)
            position++;
    }

    return position;
}

Object.defineProperties(Element.prototype,{
group : {
    value: function (str, context) {
        // str is valid css selector like :not([attr_name]) or .class_name
        var t = "to_select_siblings___";
        var parent = context ? context : this.parentNode;
        parent.setAttribute(t, '');
        var rez = document.querySelectorAll("[" + t + "] " + (context ? '' : ">") + this.nodeName + (str || "")).toArray();
        parent.removeAttribute(t);            
        return rez;  
    }
},
siblings: {
    value: function (str, context) {
        var rez=this.group(str,context);
        rez.splice(rez.indexOf(this), 1);
        return rez; 
    }
},
nth: {  
    value: function(str,context){
       return this.group(str,context).indexOf(this);
    }
}
}

防爆

/* html */
<ul id="the_ul">   <li></li> ....<li><li>....<li></li>   </ul>

 /*js*/
 the_ul.addEventListener("click",
    function(ev){
       var foo=ev.target;
       foo.setAttribute("active",true);
       foo.siblings().map(function(elm){elm.removeAttribute("active")});
       alert("a click on li" + foo.nth());
     });

你能做这样的事情：

var index = Array.prototype.slice.call(element.parentElement.children).indexOf(element);

https://developer.mozilla.org/zh-CN/docs/Web/API/Node/parentElement

<body>
    <section>
        <section onclick="childIndex(this)">child a</section>
        <section onclick="childIndex(this)">child b</section>
        <section onclick="childIndex(this)">child c</section>
    </section>
    <script>
        function childIndex(e){
            let i = 0;
            while (e.parentNode.children[i] != e) i++;
            alert('child index '+i);
        }
    </script>
</body>