Insert table row: the uniqueID Property

 

/*
JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition
by Danny Goodman 

John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001
*/

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Inserting an IE5+/Windows Table Row</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function addRow(item1) {
    if (item1) {
        // assign long reference to shorter var name
        var theTable = document.all.myTable
        // append new row to the end of the table
        var newRow = theTable.insertRow(theTable.rows.length)
        // give the row its own ID
        newRow.id = newRow.uniqueID
        
        // declare cell variable
        var newCell
        
        // an inserted row has no cells, so insert the cells
        newCell = newRow.insertCell(0)
        // give this cell its own id
        newCell.id = newCell.uniqueID
        // display the row's id as the cell text
        newCell.innerText = newRow.id
        newCell.bgColor = "yellow"
        // reuse cell var for second cell insertion
        newCell = newRow.insertCell(1)
        newCell.id = newCell.uniqueID
        newCell.innerText = item1
    }
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE ID="myTable" BORDER=1>
<TR>
<TH>Row ID</TH>
<TH>Data</TH>
</TR>
<TR ID="firstDataRow">
<TD>firstDataRow
<TD>Fred
</TR>
<TR ID="secondDataRow">
<TD>secondDataRow
<TD>Jane
</TR>
</TABLE>
<HR>
<FORM>
Enter text to be added to the table:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="input" SIZE=25><BR>
<INPUT TYPE='button' VALUE='Insert Row' onClick='addRow(this.form.input.value)'>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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