Add and delete rows dynamically in an HTML table
Add rows with an input and select, and validate, and add events.
function addRowToTable()
{
var tbl = document.getElementById('tblSample');
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length;
// if there's no header row in the table, then iteration = lastRow + 1
var iteration = lastRow;
var row = tbl.insertRow(lastRow);
// left cell
var cellLeft = row.insertCell(0);
var textNode = document.createTextNode(iteration);
cellLeft.appendChild(textNode);
// right cell
var cellRight = row.insertCell(1);
var el = document.createElement('input');
el.type = 'text';
el.name = 'txtRow' + iteration;
el.id = 'txtRow' + iteration;
el.size = 40;
el.onkeypress = keyPressTest;
cellRight.appendChild(el);
// select cell
var cellRightSel = row.insertCell(2);
var sel = document.createElement('select');
sel.name = 'selRow' + iteration;
sel.options[0] = new Option('text zero', 'value0');
sel.options[1] = new Option('text one', 'value1');
cellRightSel.appendChild(sel);
}
function keyPressTest(e, obj)
{
var validateChkb = document.getElementById('chkValidateOnKeyPress');
if (validateChkb.checked) {
var displayObj = document.getElementById('spanOutput');
var key;
if(window.event) {
key = window.event.keyCode;
}
else if(e.which) {
key = e.which;
}
var objId;
if (obj != null) {
objId = obj.id;
} else {
objId = this.id;
}
displayObj.innerHTML = objId + ' : ' + String.fromCharCode(key);
}
}
function removeRowFromTable()
{
var tbl = document.getElementById('tblSample');
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length;
if (lastRow > 2) tbl.deleteRow(lastRow - 1);
}
function openInNewWindow(frm)
{
// open a blank window
var aWindow = window.open('', 'TableAddRowNewWindow',
'scrollbars=yes,menubar=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,width=400,height=400');
// set the target to the blank window
frm.target = 'TableAddRowNewWindow';
// submit
frm.submit();
}
function validateRow(frm)
{
var chkb = document.getElementById('chkValidate');
if (chkb.checked) {
var tbl = document.getElementById('tblSample');
var lastRow = tbl.rows.length - 1;
var i;
for (i=1; i<=lastRow; i++) {
var aRow = document.getElementById('txtRow' + i);
if (aRow.value.length <= 0) {
alert('Row ' + i + ' is empty');
return;
}
}
}
openInNewWindow(frm);
}
The HTML
<form action="tableaddrow_nw.html" method="get">
<p>
<input type="button" value="Add" onclick="addRowToTable();" />
<input type="button" value="Remove" onclick="removeRowFromTable();" />
<input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="validateRow(this.form);" />
<input type="checkbox" id="chkValidate" /> Validate Submit
</p>
<p>
<input type="checkbox" id="chkValidateOnKeyPress" checked="checked" /> Display OnKeyPress
<span id="spanOutput" style="border: 1px solid #000; padding: 3px;"> </span>
</p>
<table border="1" id="tblSample">
<tr>
<th colspan="3">Sample table</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td><input type="text" name="txtRow1"
id="txtRow1" size="40" onkeypress="keyPressTest(event, this);" /></td>
<td>
<select name="selRow0">
<option value="value0">text zero</option>
<option value="value1">text one</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
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