SO jQuery Fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions jQuery 1.4.3, UI 1.8.5
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
<div class="parent">
<div class="child">Click Me!</div>
<div class="child">Click Me!</div>
<div class="child">Click Me!</div>
<div class="child">Click Me!</div>
</div>
CSS
.child { border: solid 1px #ddd; padding: 3px; }
JavaScript
$(".child").click(function() {
alert("Index: " + $(this).index());
});