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Add class to active menu items with internal anchors

I have a page with a list of menu items consisting of internal anchors. I'm trying to add an .active class to the selected item. It seems to work on load but when clicking a new item in that same page it doesn't.
When clicking a new menu item, I would like to remove all other active classes and add this class to the clicked item.
Sounds pretty simple, but I can't make it work.
I created this Fiddle, but it doesn't show the issue correctly, since I can't add hashes to the url.
However, maybe someone can point me in the right direction.
JS:
function setActiveLinks() {
var current = location.pathname;
$('.bs-docs-sidenav li a').each(function() {
var $this = $(this);
// Get hash value
var $hash = location.href.substr(location.href.indexOf('#') + 1);
if ($this.attr('href') == '#' + $hash) {
$this.parent().addClass('active');
}
})
}
setActiveLinks();
$('#leftmenu li a').click(function() {
$('#leftmenu li').removeClass('active');
setActiveLinks();
});
HTML:
<ul class="nav bs-docs-sidenav">
<li>
Download
</li>
<li class="active">
What's included
<ul class="nav">
<li class="active">Precompiled</li>
<li>Source code</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Compiling CSS and JavaScript
<ul class="nav">
<li>Installing Grunt</li>
<li>Available Grunt commands</li>
<li>Troubleshooting</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Thanks. :-)

You have wrong selector to bind click event on anchor element. also you don't need to call setActiveLinks() function(which sets class based on href) here.
You can use context of clicked anchor element to traverse to parent li and add class active in it:
var $navLIs = $('.nav li')
$navLIs.find('a').click(function() {
$navLIs.removeClass('active');
$(this).parent().addClass('active');
});
Working Demo

Find <li> tag by its child tag <a> href value

How to find Li tag which has a child tag by its Href value. By this I need to set class for that li tag.
My HTML
<div id="tabs" class="tab_wrapper">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li>Subject
</li>
<li>Contract
</li>
<li>Neighborhood
</li>
<li>Site
</li>
<li>Improvements
</li>
<li>Supplemental Data
</li>
</ul>
</div>
Css
.Active
{
color:red;
}
For example I have to set class "Active" for li tag which has href value "#tabNeighbourhood", so that li tag will be like
<li class="active">Neighborhood
</li>

Using :has() selector:
$('li:has(a[href="#tabNeighbourhood"])').addClass('active');
This will add class active to any LI containing anchor with specific href attribute.

Use .parent() :
$("ul.nav > li").removeClass("active"); // Clear all li's class attributes.
$("a[href='#tabNeighborhood']").parent().addClass("active"); // Add active to neighborhood.

$('li', '#tabs')
.filter(function() {
return !! $(this).find('a[href="#tabNeighbourhood"]').length;
})
.addClass('active');
I refer you to the official docs for explanation of the single parts.

Try Below Code
$(document).ready(function(){
$('body').find('a').each(function(){
if($(this).attr('href')=="#tabNeighbourhood"){
$(this).closest('li').addClass("Active");
}
});
});

Using your HTML structure you can use an immediate children selector >, has selector and a selector on href attribute.
Code:
$('#tabs>ul>li:has(a[href="#tabNeighbourhood"])').addClass('active');
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/swvzot7f/

Try it by yourself. Here is an algorithm if you consider it too complex:
Search for needed <a> by attribute.
Select the parent of <a> that was found.
Add class to that parent.
Answer is pretty simple, so I do think it is much more important to show you the way of thinking instead of feeding with ready made-up solution.
EDIT
Just in case you fail I decided to add a solution too:
$( "a[href='NEEDED HREF TO SEARCH']" ).parent().addClass('active');

Another option, You can achieve by CSS alone:
a[href$='#tabNeighbourhood']
{
color:red;
}
Fiddle
JQuery method (using :has() selector):
$('ul li:has(a[href="#tabNeighbourhood"])').addClass('Active');
Fiddle

The following code (vanilla js :-) shows you how to add a class to an HTML element which ha specific href value. Just enter in the field the href value you want to search, it will add a class active, example try: #tabSubject or #tabImprovements. I hope it is what you need.
function setActive(){
var elm = document.getElementsByName('findElm')[0],
searchElm = elm.value,
targetStr = 'a[href*="' + searchElm + '"]',
target = document.querySelector(targetStr);
target.classList.add('Active');
}
.Active
{
color:red;
}
<div id="tabs" class="tab_wrapper">
<ul class="nav nav-tabs">
<li>Subject
</li>
<li>Contract
</li>
<li>Neighborhood
</li>
<li>Site
</li>
<li>Improvements
</li>
<li>Supplemental Data
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<input type="text" name="findElm" value="#tabImprovements"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Search" name="submit" onclick="setActive();">

css: Use the nth-child concept(Best Practice)
.tab_wrapper ul :nth-child(3) a {
color:red;
}

How to Remove a Class from a Sibling of a Parent

I'm working with the off-canvas script from Foundation and it isn't working out of the box (of course) when I try to use the submenu options. I realized it wasn't adding a class (move-right) to the ul's of the li's in the off-canvas navigation. So I wrote a script to add that class which can be found here:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('ul.off-canvas-list li a').click(function() {
jQuery('ul.off-canvas-list li ul.left-submenu').addClass('move-right');
});
});
And here is how my HTML is structured:
<ul class="off-canvas-list">
<li class="has-submenu">Name 1
<ul class="left-submenu">
<li class="back">Back</li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="has-submenu">Name 2
<ul class="left-submenu">
<li class="back">Back</li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="has-submenu">Name 3
<ul class="left-submenu">
<li class="back">Back</li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
<li><a href="#"></li>
</ul>
</li>
...etc
</ul>
My problem is that my script is adding the class to ALL ul.left-submenu's instead of just the one directly under the li that I click on. I can't figure out how to add the class 'move-right' to only the 'ul.left-submenu' child of the parents li that I clicked on and remove the 'move-right' class from the other 'ul.left-submenu'
I thought maybe using the sibling() selector, but I wasn't quite sure how to implement that into my script. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
Another issue has arose and that is being able to close the opened "ul.left-submenu" by clicking on the "Back" which comes before the other li's in each ul.left-submenu. I updated the HTML above to include the "" and also have provided the script below that I tried using that hasn't worked.
jQuery('li.back').on('click', function() {
console.log('close submenu');
jQuery('ul.left-submenu').removeClass('move-right');
});

The target element is the grandparent of the clicked element so you can use the closest method:
$('ul.off-canvas-list li a').click(function() {
$('.move-right').removeClass('move-right');
$(this).closest('ul.left-submenu').addClass('move-right');
});

you can add it directly to the clicked element by using this
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('.left-submenu li a').click(function() {
jQuery('.left-submenu').removeClass('move-right'); // remove class move-right from every elements with class left-submenu
jQuery(this).parents('.left-submenu').addClass('move-right'); // add class move-right to the parent with class left-submenu of current element
});
});
Edit:
if in your updated code, you want to click only by a right after .has-submenu, you need this probably, so it didn't trigger on click for a inside .left-submenu
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('.has-submenu > a').click(function() {
jQuery('.left-submenu').removeClass('move-right'); // remove class move-right from every elements with class left-submenu
jQuery(this).children('.left-submenu').addClass('move-right'); // add class move-right to the children with class left-submenu of current element
});
});
sorry for my mistakes not looking again for the code before posting it, because ul.left-submenu is in the same position with a and not it's children, you need to use .siblings to get ul.left-submenu, so change the code to this
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('.has-submenu > a').click(function() {
jQuery('.left-submenu').removeClass('move-right');
jQuery(this).siblings('.left-submenu').addClass('move-right');
});
});
here's the working Example in Fiddle

Ok, so you want to add a class move-right to the ul.left-submenu that is directly under the has-submenu li that you clicked, right?
So:
$(document).ready(function() {
//Trigger the click only on the li's has-submenu
$('li.has-submenu').on('click', function() {
//Remove the class from other ul, if there's any
$('ul.left-submenu').removeClass('move-right');
//Finds the direct ul child using the '>' selector, and adds the class.
$(this).find('> ul.left-submenu').addClass('move-right');
});
});

The way you have your selector it targets all the ul.left-submenu elements you have, another way to target just the element clicked would be like this:
$('.off-canvas-list').on('click', 'ul.off-canvas-list li a', function (){
$('.move-right').removeClass('move-right');
$(event.target).closest('ul.left-submenu').addClass('move-right');
});

Your selector is too broad. If what you want to do is to add move-right to left-submenu when you click has-submenu, that's what you need to do:
$('.has-submenu').click(function() {
$(this).find($('.left-submenu')).addClass('move-right');
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/x9zcav0p/
If you need to reset move-right, do this:
$('.has-submenu').click(function() {
$('.move-right').removeClass('move-right');
$(this).find($('.left-submenu')).addClass('move-right');
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/x9zcav0p/1/
Updated markup:
For your updated markup, you can target the next() element after the anchor tag:
$('.has-submenu > a').on('click', function() {
$('.move-right').removeClass('move-right');
$(this).next().addClass('move-right');
});
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/x9zcav0p/2/

How to know the exact children number of Ul element?

I am a newbie in web development. Not sure if it is a dumb question.
<nav class="navigation">
<ul class="navigation-items-container">
<li class="navigation-items">Home</li>
<li class="navigation-items">about</li>
<li class="navigation-items">blog</li>
<li class="navigation-items">contacts</li>
</ul>
/nav>
On hover of each li I want to know its in which children Number of ul.
i.e
On hovering "Home" it should give as children Number 0 and on hovering "blog" it should give children number 2.

As you've included the jQuery tag I'll post a jQuery based answer - if you want a non-jQuery answer let me know:
$(".navigation-items-container li").hover(function(e) {
var index = $(this).index();
});
And FYI your markup is wrong, the anchors should be inside the li tags
The version for your current code (though it should be changed):
$(".navigation-items-container a").hover(function(e) {
var index = $(this).index();
});

Due to the fact that your li elements are within a elements, you should use this:
$(".navigation li").hover(function(){
var index = $(".navigation li").index(this);
alert(index);
});
Here is a working example
Of course, it would be better to have your a elements with the li elements like so:
<li class="navigation-items">Home</li>
That way the li elements will be direct children of the ul element, then you could do this:
$(".navigation li").hover(function(){
var index = $(this).index();
alert(index);
});
Here is a better example
Alternatively, and I am not saying this is better, but you could also use data-* attributes to store the value you want:
<li class="navigation-items" data-myindex="0">Home</li>
with this:
$(".navigation li").hover(function(){
var index = $(this).data("myindex");
alert(index);
});
This has the benefit that you could specify different values if required, such as record IDs for example.
Here is an example

Try this.
$('li').on('mouseover', function(){
console.log($('ul li').index($(this)));
})

Try index()
http://api.jquery.com/index/
$(".navigation ul li").hover(function(e) {
alert($(this).index());
});
More possiblities

this help you
Working Demo http://jsfiddle.net/cse_tushar/7SmfR/
$(".navigation ul li").hover(function() {
alert($(this).index('li'));
});
Correct your markup anchor(a) tag should be enclosed within li tags
<nav class="navigation">
<ul class="navigation-items-container">
<li class="navigation-items">
Home
</li>
<li class="navigation-items">
about
</li>
<li class="navigation-items">
blog
</li>
<li class="navigation-items">
contacts
</li>
</nav>

Finding children of element without an id or class

I have the following code structure:
<ul class='menu'>
<li>
Main Menu
<ul class='hide'>
<li>SubMenu1</li>
<li>SubMenu2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Main2
<ul class='hide'>
<li>Sub1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Is there a way for me to have a jQuery click event on Main Menu and Main2 in a generic way that will remove the class 'hide' of the correct children each time?

Here is another way, which uses event delegation and only runs when the li element and not its children was clicked:
$('ul.menu').on('click', 'ul.menu > li', function(e) {
if(e.target === this) {
$(this).children('ul').toggleClass('hide');
}
});
DEMO

$("ul.menu > li").on("click", function () {
$(this).children("ul").removeClass("hide");
});
Example: http://jsfiddle.net/dpkBL/

Dont always do what the crowd tells you, at least think about it for a while!
I bet people will recommend you to use a selector such as ul.menu > li, but please remember that this will not only trigger a click event when you click on the text "Main Menu", but also when you click on any of the other content inside the matching li.
If you'd like to implement a show/hide toggle you are far better off wrapping the text "Main Menu" inside it's on element, and then use something as the below to alter what you may want to alter.
$(<main menu text selector>).siblings (<siblings selector>);
Still want/have to follow the crowd?
If this is the case I'd recommend you to at least do it with a little twist to prevent what I previously described.
(edit: revised version after reading the jquery documentation for elements)
$('ul.menu > li').click (function(e){
if (e.target === this) {
$(this).children ('.hide').removeClass ('hide');
}
});
$("ul.menu > li").click (function () {
$(this).find ('.hide').removeClass ('hide');
});
$("ul.menu > li > *").click (function () {
return false; // prevent event from bubbling up
});
Sample implementation of recommended version
The below will bind a click-event-listener to .menu-toggle, when the event is fired the siblings (ie. the tags who are in the same scope as the clicked .menu-toggle) matching .hide will have their class="hide" removed.
Javascript
$(".menu-toggle").click (function () {
$(this).siblings ('.hide').removeClass ('hide');
});
HTML
<ul class='menu'>
<li>
<span class="menu-toggle">Main Menu</span>
<ul class='hide'>
<li>SubMenu1</li>
<li>SubMenu2</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<span class="menu-toggle">Main2</span>
<ul class='hide'>
<li>Sub1</li>
</ul>
</li> </ul>

Take a look at the child selectors. I think that is what you want.
$('.menu > li').click(function () {
$(this).children('ul').removeClass('hidden');
});