I need to add rows to a table, I have manually added the header row, and make the content editable by the user.
Currently I have:
const table = document.getElementById("tableData");
for (let i = 0, add = 5; i < add; i++) {
const row = table.insertRow(0);
const cell1 = row.insertCell(0);
const cell2 = row.insertCell(1);
cell1.textContent = "New";
cell2.textContent = "New";
}
which i have used just to practice adding in rows. I've seen that to make a cell editable you need to put a div inside with "contenteditable". How can I add this into the code that I already have?
There is one thing you should note:
<td>
elements (among some others) cannot be set to contenteditable
directly in IE: See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537837(v=vs.85).aspx
For completeness, there are several ways to do this
var table = document.getElementById("tableData");
var add = 5;
for (var i = 0; i < add; i++) {
var row = table.insertRow(0);
var cell1 = row.insertCell(0);
// Method 1 (Restricted in IE)
cell1.innerHTML = "Method 1";
cell1.setAttribute('contentEditable', 'true');
// Method 2 (Restricted in IE)
cell1.innerHTML = "Method 2";
cell1.contentEditable = true;
// Method 3 (All browsers)
cell1.innerHTML = "<div contenteditable>Method 3</div>";
// Method 4 (All browsers)
var div1 = document.createElement('div');
div1.innerHTML = "Method 4";
cell1.appendChild(div1);
div1.contentEditable = true;
}