jQuery comes with a hover() mouse event to allow attach two event handlers to the matched elements, executed when the mouse enters and leaves the matched elements.

$("#id").hover(A, B);
  1. A – function to call when the mouse enters the matched element.
  2. B – function to call when the mouse leaves the matched element.

This is a best function to highlight a table row record. See the jQuery snippet code :

$("tr").not(':first').hover(
  function () {
    $(this).css("background","yellow");
  }, 
  function () {
    $(this).css("background","");
  }
);

It will highlight the table row record on hover, with color of yellow. The “.not(‘:first’)” is common implementation to avoid highlight the header row record.

Try it yourself

<html>
<head>
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.4.2.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Highlight table row record on hover - jQuery</h1>
 
  <table border="1">
    <tr><th>No</th><th>Name</th><th>Age</th><th>Salary</th></tr>
    <tr><td>1</td><td>Yong Mook Kim</td><td>28</td><td>$100,000</td></tr>
    <tr><td>2</td><td>Low Yin Fong</td><td>29</td><td>$90,000</td></tr>
    <tr><td>3</td><td>Ah Pig</td><td>18</td><td>$50,000</td></tr>
    <tr><td>4</td><td>Ah Dog</td><td>28</td><td>$40,000</td></tr>
    <tr><td>5</td><td>Ah Cat</td><td>28</td><td>$30,000</td></tr>
  </table>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
 
$("tr").not(':first').hover(
  function () {
    $(this).css("background","yellow");
  }, 
  function () {
    $(this).css("background","");
  }
);
 
</script>
</body>
</html>
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