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copied!<p>Bind <a href="http://api.jquery.com/click/" rel="nofollow"><code>.click()</code></a> on the child spans, use <a href="http://api.jquery.com/index/" rel="nofollow"><code>.index()</code></a> to get its sequence index, then use <a href="http://api.jquery.com/gt-selector/" rel="nofollow"><code>:gt()</code></a> selector to find elements past it and use <a href="http://api.jquery.com/add/" rel="nofollow"><code>.add()</code></a></p> <pre><code>$('.main_container span').click(function(){ // get position of current element var index = $(this).index(); // delete this and all elements past this element $(this).parent().find('span:gt('+index+')').add(this).remove(); }); </code></pre> <p>Example: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/</a></p> <p>You can also use <a href="http://api.jquery.com/children/" rel="nofollow"><code>.children()</code></a> if there's more nesting going on:</p> <pre><code>$('.main_container span').click(function(){ // get position of current element var index = $(this).index(); // delete this and all elements past this element $(this).parent().children(':gt('+index+')').add(this).remove(); }); </code></pre> <p>Example: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/1/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/1/</a></p> <p><em>or, ya know, you can use <code>.nextAll</code> and let it take care of it for you. <strong>:curses:</strong></em></p> <p>The "one-liner" version of BYossarian's answer:</p> <pre><code>$('.main_container span').click(function(){ $(this).nextAll().add(this).remove(); }); </code></pre> <p>Example: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/2/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/cDZqk/2/</a></p>

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