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Getting index values from JQuery Ui, into a usable array

Hi I'm using JQuery Ui selectable as a multiselect grid. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the values of the index into a usable array/object. I can have them display in a div with the values, but have tried to get them out of there and into something else to no avail. I have spent hours looking into this and have seen multiple people with a similar issue any help would be appreciated. 

<!doctype html>
<html class="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="ltr" lang="en"><head>
<title>Testing</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
<meta name="language" content="en">


<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/phpMM.css">


    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery_002.js"></script>


<link rel="stylesheet" href="ui/jquery.ui.all.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="ui/demos.css"> 


    <script src="../jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.datepicker.js"></script>

    <script src="js/jquery.ui.position.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.menu.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.mouse.js"></script>
    <script src="js/jquery.ui.button.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="ui/dropdown.css">  

<link rel="stylesheet" href="ui/multiclicklist.css">
<script src="js/jquery.ui.selectable.js"></script>

  <script src="js/jquery.dropkick-1.0.0.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="ui/dropkick.css" type="text/css">

<style>
    #Testing { list-style-type: none; margin: 0;  padding: .25em; width: 450px;   height: 185px;}
    #Testing li { margin: 3px;  float: left; width: 100px; height: 80px; font-size: 1.5em; text-align: center;  }
</style>

<script type ="text/javascript">
    var apron = [];

    $(function() {
        $("#Testing").bind("mousedown", function(e) {
            e.metaKey = true;

    }).selectable();
    });

    $(function() {
        $( "#Testing" ).selectable({
            stop: function() {
            var result = $( "#click-result" ).empty();

            $( ".ui-selected", this ).each(function() {
                var Pindex = $( "#Testing li" ).index( this );
                result.append( ", " + ( Pindex + 1 ) );

               });

            }

        }); 
    });

    (function showAlert() {
        var WTF ="why dont it work";
        for (var i = 0; i < apron.length; i++){
            alert(apron[i]);
        };
    });

</script>   

<body>

        <p id="feedback">
            <span>You've selected:</span> <span id="click-result">none</span>.
        </p>

        <strong>&#149; Select Options? </strong> (select all that apply)
            <ol id="Testing" class="multiclicklist">
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="1">Opt 1</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="2">Opt 2</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="3">Opt 3</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="4">Opt 4</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="5">Opt 5</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="6">Opt 6</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="7">Opt 7</li>
                <li class="ui-state-default"value="8">Opt 8</li>
            </ol>

            <input type="button" value="CheckValue" onclick="showAlert();">
</body>


</html>
Solution

  • The code on tonyswoodshed.com doesn't work, but I've put it on jsfiddle.

    Is this: http://jsfiddle.net/WDd9w/1/ something you're looking for?