Baseline Widely available
The deleteRow()
method of the HTMLTableSectionElement
interface removes a specific row (<tr>
) from a given <section>
.
index
index
is an integer representing the row that should be deleted. However, the special index -1
can be used to remove the very last row of the section.
None (undefined
).
IndexSizeError
DOMException
Thrown if index
is greater than or equal to the number of available rows or is a negative value other than -1
.
In this example, two buttons allow you to add and remove rows from the table body section; it also updates an <output>
element with the number of rows currently in the table.
<table>
<thead>
<th>Col 1</th>
<th>Col 2</th>
<th>Col 3</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>X</td>
<td>Y</td>
<td>Z</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<button id="add">Add a row</button>
<button id="remove">Remove last row</button>
<div>This table's body has <output>1</output> row(s).</div>
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th,
td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
button {
margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;
}
JavaScript
// Obtain relevant interface elements
const bodySection = document.querySelectorAll("tbody")[0];
const rows = bodySection.rows; // The collection is live, therefore always up-to-date
const rowNumberDisplay = document.querySelectorAll("output")[0];
const addButton = document.getElementById("add");
const removeButton = document.getElementById("remove");
function updateRowNumber() {
rowNumberDisplay.textContent = rows.length;
}
addButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Add a new row at the end of the body
const newRow = bodySection.insertRow();
// Add cells inside the new row
["A", "B", "C"].forEach(
(elt) => (newRow.insertCell().textContent = `${elt}${rows.length}`),
);
// Update the row counter
updateRowNumber();
});
removeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
// Delete the row from the body
bodySection.deleteRow(-1);
// Update the row counter
updateRowNumber();
});
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