I have a table generated with data from an array (the array contains more info than what is displayed in the table). I want to click on a row to see all info from the element.
Earlier done it like this:
let rows = document.getElementsByTagName("tr");
for (let row of rows) {
row.onclick = function rowClicked(evt) {
selected = myArray[evt.target.parentElement.rowIndex];
//code (not relevant)
}
But since I added a search feature myArray[1] is not necessarily equal to row number 1 and this method doesn't work.
Is it another way to find the element in the array from clicking on a random row?
The table is generated like this:
function drawTable(data) {
let table = document.getElementById("table");
table.innerHTML = "";
let tableHead = document.createElement("thead");
let colHeads = ["Names"];
for (let header of colHeads) {
let cell = document.createElement("th")
cell.innerHTML = header;
tableHead.appendChild(cell);
}
table.appendChild(tableHead)
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){
let row = document.createElement("tr");
let name = document.createElement("td");
name.innerHTML = data[i].name.first + " " + data[i].name.last;
row.appendChild(name);
table.appendChild(row);
}
}
Any help is greatly appreciated!
You need some way to map a table row to its relevant entry in myArray which isn't dependent on the position of the row in the table. Data attributes wouldn't be affected.
Create a data-index attribute on each table row. Then, when it's clicked use the value of the data-index attribute to access the relevant myArray entry.
A simple version of what you have in mind. The visible line is bound with a click event. As soon as it is triggered, it gets the ref-id from the clicked element and toggles the reference column.
const clickables = document.querySelectorAll('.clickable');
console.log(clickables)
clickables.forEach(tr => {
tr.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
const ref = e.target.parentElement.getAttribute('data-ref');
const row = document.querySelector('#' + ref);
row.classList.toggle('hide');
});
});td {
text-align: center;
padding: 20px;
}
.hide {
display: none;
}
.clickable {
cursor: pointer;
}
.clickable:hover {
background: #ccc;
}<table border="1">
<tr class="clickable" data-ref="a">
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="a" class="hide">
<td>a1</td>
<td>b2</td>
</tr>
<tr class="clickable" data-ref="b">
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="b" class="hide">
<td>a3</td>
<td>a4</td>
</tr>
</table>