--- title: Get item index and item count in CSS | daily.dev description: New CSS functions sibling-index() and sibling-count() let an element know its position among siblings and how many siblings exist in total. Beyond simple... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/get-item-index-and-item-count-in-css-scygrpmxv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Get item index and item count in CSS | daily.dev og:description: New CSS functions sibling-index() and sibling-count() let an element know its position among siblings and how many siblings exist in total. Beyond simple... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-item-index-and-item-count-in-css-scygrpmxv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ScygRpMXv.png og:image:alt: Get item index and item count in CSS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get item index and item count in CSS **[Byte Corner](https://daily.dev/sources/bytecorner)** · [@mbos](https://daily.dev/mbos) · 1 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary New CSS functions sibling-index() and sibling-count() let an element know its position among siblings and how many siblings exist in total. Beyond simple numbering, these values can be used to drive dynamic layouts and animations, with a linked demo showing practical usage. ## Content `sibling-index()` can tell an element its position. `sibling-count()` can tell it how many siblings there are. What starts as a simple way to number elements gets much more interesting when you use those values to drive dynamic layouts and animations. 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