jQuery – nth-child selector example
The jQuery nth-child is used to select all elements that are ntg-child of of their parent. The nth-child(n) is “1-indexed”, meaning the “n” is counting starts at 1.
For example,
1. $(‘tr:nth-child(3)’) – selects all elements matched by <tr> that are the third child of their parent.
2. $(‘tr:nth-child(3n)’) – selects all elements matched by <tr> that are every third child of their parent.
3. $(‘tr:nth-child(even)’) – selects all elements matched by <tr> that are the even child of their parent.
P.S The ‘even’ and ‘odd’ are always used to create table zebra stripes effect.
jQuery Example
A simple example to demonstrate the use of the nth-child function to change the table row background color dynamically.
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery nth-child example</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>jQuery nth-child example</h1>
<table border=1>
<tr><td>Row #1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #4</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #8</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #9</td></tr>
<tr><td>Row #10</td></tr>
</table>
<br/>
<button>:nth-child(4)</button>
<button>:nth-child(3n)</button>
<button>:nth-child(even)</button>
<button>:nth-child(odd)</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("button").click(function () {
var str = $(this).text();
$("tr").css("background", "white");
$("tr" + str).css("background", "coral");
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
I tried the demo, it is ok, i tried the html it won’t work using any browser.
i downloaded jqeury code and saved it into a text document and saved it into my working folder, then made reference to this .js into your html nice example, now it works. thank a lot
Really nicely/functional presented examples.