The cells
collection returns a collection of all <td> or <th> elements in a table.
cells |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
tableObject.cells
Property | Description |
---|---|
length | Returns the number of <td> or <th> elements in the collection |
Method | Description |
---|---|
[name_or_index] | Get element by name or index which starts at 0 |
item(name_or_index) | Get element from the collection by index/name/id |
namedItem(name_or_id) | Get the element from the collection by name or id attribute |
The following code shows how to Alert the innerHTML of
the first cell in the table's first row by using
[name_or_index]
syntax.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!-- w w w.j a va 2 s . c o m-->
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td>Row1 cell1</td>
<td>Row1 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 cell1</td>
<td>Row2 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row3 cell1</td>
<td>Row3 cell2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
console.log(document.getElementById("myTable").rows[0].cells[0].innerHTML);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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The following code shows how to Alert the innerHTML of
the first cell in the table's first row by using item(name_or_index)
syntax.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!-- ww w . jav a 2 s.c o m-->
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td>Row1 cell1</td>
<td>Row1 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 cell1</td>
<td>Row2 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row3 cell1</td>
<td>Row3 cell2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
console.log(document.getElementById("myTable").rows[0].cells.item(0).innerHTML);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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The following code shows how to Alert the innerHTML of the cell with id="myTd"
in the table's first row by using namedItem(name_or_id)
syntax.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from w ww. j a v a2 s . c o m-->
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td id="myTd">Row1 cell1</td>
<td>Row1 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 cell1</td>
<td>Row2 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row3 cell1</td>
<td>Row3 cell2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
console.log(document.getElementById("myTable").rows[0].cells.namedItem("myTd").innerHTML);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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The following code shows how to change the content of the first table cell.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from w w w . ja v a2 s . com-->
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td>Row1 cell1</td>
<td>Row1 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 cell1</td>
<td>Row2 cell2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row3 cell1</td>
<td>Row3 cell2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("myTable").rows[0].cells;
x[0].innerHTML = "NEW CONTENT";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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The following code shows how to show the number of cells in the first row.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from w w w . ja v a 2 s . c o m-->
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table id="myTable">
<tr>
<td>cell 1</td>
<td>cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cell 3</td>
<td>cell 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementById("myTable").rows[0].cells.length;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Found " + x + " cells in the first tr element.";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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