❔ Exists a node in priority queue or not (O(1)) with value type nodes

In reference types, it is OK.
There is an array of a struct type(Element) and I would like to swap some elements in it. Each element keeps its index as well.
Outside, an element of that array has been stored in a variable for example. Because it is value type, when swapping elements of the array and update index field, it does not reflect it, what is your idea?

public struct Element{
   //...
   public int Index;
}

var el = elements[10];

swap element(10) with element(5) and update index field inside.
Now, index in el is not updated because it is value type

My original situation is priority queue implemented for value types.
I keep index of nodes inside nodes. When the positions of those nodes change (heapify up/down), indices change.
Now, suppose I have kept a node of the priority queue in a variable. So, the index is wrong and obsolete
I want to know if a node exists in a priority queue or not (O(1)) but with value type nodes not ref types and then update the priority value for that node

Because it is value type, when swapping elements of the array and update index field, it does not reflect it, what is your idea?

wdym by this

what is your idea?

modify the Index before swapping the elements

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