Ticket #11252 (closed bug: fixed)
:even and :odd selectors documentation does not specify which order is considered
| Reported by: | Chealer | Owned by: | Chealer |
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| Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | None |
| Component: | unfiled | Version: | 1.7.1 |
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Description
The documentation for the :even and :odd selectors is very similar. :even's reads: Description: Selects even elements, zero-indexed. See also odd.
http://api.jquery.com/even-selector/ http://api.jquery.com/odd-selector/
There is no explanation of what is called an "even element" or an "odd element" or of which index is referred to. The examples do not make it very clear. One possibility which would agree with the examples is that the order considered is the order of elements matched by the modified selector.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 16 months ago by Chealer
- Status changed from pending to new
If I'd know what the selectors do, I suppose I could. I see two likely possibilities which would work with the examples. The first is the one I described above. The second is that each element considers its own order, which is the order in the set of children of its parent (:odd-child, :even-child). But then not all elements have a parent.
Please follow the bug reporting guidlines and use jsFiddle when providing test cases and demonstrations instead of pasting the code in the ticket.

I agree the current docs are sparse. Can you provide some specific words that would clarify the page in your mind?