Alternate Table Row-List Item

Brent Graham Feb 13, 2008

General

Use this script to make your table data and list items easy to read. No need to hassle with listing each alternate row coloring. Very easy to use.

Name	Ext.	Start date
Bloggs, Fred	1353	08/18/2003
Turvey, Kevin	2342	02/05/1979
Mbogo, Arnold	2755	09/08/1998
Shakespeare, Bill	3211	12/11/1961
Fitz, Marvin	5554	05/22/1995

Notes

Created by: Brent Graham
Web Site: http://brentg.org/
Posted: February 13, 2008

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: alternateTableList.js

/* This script and many more are available free online at
The JavaScript Source!! http://www.javascriptsource.com
Created by: Brent Graham | http://brentg.org/ */

function colorRows() {
  var myTR = document.getElementsByTagName('tr');
  for (var i=0;i<myTR.length;i++) {
    if (i%2) {
      myTR[i].className = 'rowTint';
    }
  }
}


// Multiple onload function created by: Simon Willison
// http://simonwillison.net/2004/May/26/addLoadEvent/
function addLoadEvent(func) {
  var oldonload = window.onload;
  if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
    window.onload = func;
  } else {
    window.onload = function() {
      if (oldonload) {
        oldonload();
      }
      func();
    }
  }
}


addLoadEvent(function() {
  colorRows();
});

CSS

Paste this code into your external CSS file or in the <style> section within the HEAD section of your HTML document.

.rowTint {
  color: #000;
  background: #fffaca;
}

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="alternateTableList.js"></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document


<table cellpadding="5">
		<tr>
				<th>Name</th><th>Ext.</th><th>Start date</th>
		</tr><tr>
				<td>Bloggs, Fred</td><td>1353</td><td>08/18/2003</td>
		</tr><tr>
				<td>Turvey, Kevin</td><td>2342</td><td>02/05/1979</td>
		</tr><tr>
				<td>Mbogo, Arnold</td><td>2755</td><td>09/08/1998</td>
		</tr><tr>
				<td>Shakespeare, Bill</td><td>3211</td><td>12/11/1961</td>
		</tr><tr>
				<td>Fitz, Marvin</td><td>5554</td><td>05/22/1995</td>
		</tr>
</table>

Leave a Response

(2 comments)

You'll need to post your question [a href="http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=3"]over on the forums[/a].

Lee Jun 26, 2008

Code works a treat but would like to apply it to individual tables on a page i.e. Have two tables but want to apply it to only one of them.[br /][br /]I come from a vb.net background so JavaScript makes little sense to me.[br /][br /]Many thanks[br /][br /]Steve

Steve Feb 14, 2008

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