TableData cellIndex attribute

HTML DOM TableData Object

Definition and Usage

cellIndex The attribute returns the position of the cell in the cell collection of the table row.

See also:

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <td> Tag

Instance

Example 1

Click on different cells to prompt their index positions:

alert("Cell index is: " + x.cellIndex);

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Example 2

Return the index position of each cell in the table row:

var x = document.getElementsByTagName("td");
var txt = "";
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
  txt = txt + "cell " + (i + 1) + " index is: " + x[i].cellIndex + "<br>";
}

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Syntax

Returns the cellIndex property:

tabledataObject.cellIndex

Technical Details

Return Value: A number representing the position of the cell within the cell collection of the table row.

Browser Support

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HTML DOM TableData Object