Hi
just want to share my piece of code for getting out values of rows/
cells.
$('#myTableID tr:gt(1)').each(function(){
$(this).find('td').each(function(){
// get the cell text out with $.trim($(this).text());
});
});
hope that helps
Gerald
On Jun 17, 7:08 pm, theprodigy <tigerseyet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think I have it working now. It does what it's supposed to, but
> doesn't really seem to me that it would be all the effecient, should a
> table have lots of rows (unlikely, but may happen).
>
> Here is my code:
>
> $('a.moveup').click(function(event) {
>
> //Send request to server
> var href = $(this).attr('href');
> $.get(href);
>
> //Update table to show new layout
> var $thisRow = $(this).parents('tr:first');
> var $thisTable = $('#main_table');
> var $rows = $('#main_table tr');
>
> $thisRow.next().insertBefore($thisRow.prev().prev());
> $thisRow.insertBefore( $thisRow.prev().prev().prev());
>
> $rows.each(function(){
> $(this).find(".moveup").show();
> $(this).find(".movedown").show();
> });
>
> $thisTable.find("tr:nth-child(2)").find(".moveup").hide();
> $thisTable.find("tr:last").prev().find(".movedown").hide();
>
> return false;
>
> });
>
> Can anyone think of a more efficient way to do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> On Jun 16, 8:34 pm, RobG <robg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jun 17, 3:46 am, theprodigy <tigerseyet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I've been trying for a while to alter the second to last row of a
> > > table. I've tried several ways. The number of rows is dynamic so I
> > > can't hard code a number into nth-child. I used $rowNeeded =
> > > $thisRow.parents('table:first').children().children().length - 1 to
> > > get the second to last row, but it doesn't seem like I can pass this
> > > variable into nth-child either.
>
> > > How can I select the second to last row of a table?
>
> > In browsers compliant with the W3C DOM 2 HTML specification, table
> > elements have a rows collection that contains all the rows in the
> > table. That collection has a length attribute, so, where - table - is
> > a reference to a table element:
>
> > var rows = table.rows;
> > var secondLastRow = rows[rows.length - 2];
>
> > Since rows is a live collection, you can get a reference once and keep
> > it, it will dynamically updated regardless of how many rows are added
> > or removed from the table. Note that the above will error if there
> > are less than two rows in the table, use with care.
>
> > --
> > Rob- Hide quoted text -
>
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