 <p>Use index() method to get position. Can show you how to get it, however there is nothing in question to define "List" <a href="http://api.jquery.com/index/" rel="nofollow">http://api.jquery.com/index/</a></p> <p>Your input html is invalid</p> <pre><code> &lt;input type="text" value="b" /&gt; $('span input:text').live('blur', function(){ var position=$(this).index()+1;/* index is zero based*/ var value = $(this).val(); }) </code></pre>