Accessing Index in #each in emberjs

Solution 1:

UPDATE

Since this PR, it's now possible to use the each helper with index, taking advance of the new block params syntax. This is available on canary and hopefully will be enabled by default in ember 1.11

{{#each model as |item index|}}
  <li>
    Index: {{index}} Content: {{item}}
  </li>
{{/each}}

Live sample

FOR OLD VERSIONS

You can use {{_view.contentIndex}}.

{{#each item in model}}
  <li>
    Index: {{_view.contentIndex}} Content: {{item}}
  </li>
{{/each}}

Live sample

Solution 2:

No it doesn't exist in Ember's version of Handlebars, one way is to use an item controller and add a property to it saying whether it's the first or last etc.

App.IndexController = Ember.ArrayController.extend({
  itemController: 'itemer'
});

App.ItemerController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
  needs:['index'],
  isFirst: function(){
    return this.get('color') === this.get('controllers.index.firstObject.color');
  }.property('controllers.index.firstObject')
});

http://emberjs.jsbin.com/aPewofu/1/edit