Javascript Reference - HTML DOM TableRow rowIndex Property

The rowIndex property returns the position of a row in the rows collection of a table.

Browser Support


`rowIndex`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the rowIndex property.

var v = tablerowObject.rowIndex

Return Value

A Number type value representing the position of the row in the rows collection of a table.

Example

The following code shows how to click on different rows to output their index position.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from  w  w  w .  j  a v  a 2 s.  c  o m-->
    border:1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
  <tr onclick="myFunction(this)">
    <td>Click to show rowIndex</td>
  </tr>
  <tr onclick="myFunction(this)">
    <td>Click to show rowIndex</td>
  </tr>
  <tr onclick="myFunction(this)">
    <td>Click to show rowIndex</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<script>
function myFunction(x) {
    console.log("Row index is: " + x.rowIndex);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to get the index position of each row in a table.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, td {<!--from   ww w.  ja  va  2s  .  c om-->
    border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>Row 1</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Row 2</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Row 3</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p id="demo"></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementsByTagName("tr");
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < x.length;i++) {
        console.log("The index of Row "+(i+1)+" is: "+x[i].rowIndex);
    }
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: