Reapply table striping after hiding rows (Twitter Bootstrap)
I’m using Bootstrap and have a striped table that can be filtered by selecting some options on a form. Javascript interprets the form inputs, and hides rows from the table that don’t match the selected criteria.
However, this breaks the table striping on the table depending on which rows are hidden (gray rows next to gray rows, white rows next white rows).
I’d like to reapply the striping based on what rows are visible after filtering the results. How can I do this?
Using .remove() on the table rows is not an option, because I may need to show them again if the filter criteria changes and I’m trying to avoid using AJAX to update the table dynamically based on the filter inputs (I’d like to stick to hiding DOM elements).
Any help is appreciated! I can clarify the question if needed 🙂
Seems like Bootstrap 4 have a different implementation. Following @Anthony‘s answer, this is how it would work:
$("tr:visible").each(function (index) {
$(this).css("background-color", !!(index & 1)? "rgba(0,0,0,.05)" : "rgba(0,0,0,0)");
});
Tables are now striped by pure CSS and not by adding the “stripe” class name.
Yes, this is definitely one of the annoying parts of table striping. The better part of valor here is probably just to reapply the striping with jQuery after each update:
$("tr:not(.hidden)").each(function (index) {
$(this).toggleClass("stripe", !!(index & 1));
});
Anthony‘s answer did not work for me. First, it does not hide the Bootstrap table class table-striped, and second, there is not (or at least does not appear to be) a built-in class stripe for table rows.
Here’s my approach, where I’ve filtered rows in a table with an id of “reports”.
Here’s a version to use if you define the class “stripe” for <tr> elements:
// un-stripe table, since bootstrap striping doesn't work for filtered rows
$("table#reports").removeClass("table-striped");
// now add stripes to alternating rows
$rows.each(function (index) {
// but first remove class that may have been added by previous changes
$(this).removeClass("stripe");
if ( index % 2 == 0) {
$(this).addClass("stripe");
}
});
If you’re too lazy to define the CSS class “stripe” then here’s a quick & dirty version:
// un-stripe table, since bootstrap striping doesn't work for filtered rows
$("table#reports").removeClass("table-striped");
// now add stripes to alternating rows
$rows.each(function (index) {
// but first remove color that may have been added by previous changes:
$(this).css("background-color", "inherit");
if ( index % 2 == 0) {
$(this).css("background-color", "#f9f9f9");
}
});
This is the same answer as @Jacobski‘s answer but will keep the hover effect of a bootstrap table-hover.
$("tr:visible").each(function (index) {
$(this).css("background-color", !!(index & 1) ? "rgba(0,0,0,.05)": "rgba(0,0,0,0)");
if (!(index & 1)) {
$(this).hover(
function () { //On hover over
$(this).css("background-color", "rgba(0,0,0,.07)");
},
function () { //On hover out
$(this).css("background-color", "rgba(0,0,0,0)");
}
)
}
});
My answer build upon what @Jacob and @yehuda suggested.
This works with bootstrap4, for a table that needs both the behavior of “.table-striped” and “.table-hover”.
The hover part is handled by CSS, which makes it more efficient (I noticed a small delay due to javascript handler, when testing @yehuda’s snippet).
// CSS
<style>
.table-striped tbody tr.visible-odd {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
}
.table-striped tbody tr.visible-even {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.00);
}
.table-hover tbody tr.visible-even:hover {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075);
}
</style>
// JS
$("tr:visible").each( function(index, obj) {
if (index % 2) {
$(this).addClass('visible-odd').removeClass('visible-even');
} else {
$(this).addClass('visible-even').removeClass('visible-odd');
}
});
For me this works fine with hidden rows and reapplies the striping as expected:
$("table#ProductTable").removeClass("table-striped");
$("table#ProductTable").addClass("table-striped");
@Jacobski‘s answer was great, but I had some pages with multiple tables and the header row’s background would get changed on separate tables. Also my table rows that were always visible had the class “accordion-toggle” not sure if that’s a bootstrap 5 thing, but that is how I targeted it! (also I don’t know JavaScript so there’s probably cleaner syntax to do what I did)
$("tr:visible").each(function (index) {
if ($(this).hasClass("tb-header")) {
rowIndex = 0; // need to reset the rowIndex since we are now on a new table!
} else {
if ($(this).hasClass("accordion-toggle")) {
$(this).css("background-color", !!(rowIndex & 1)? "rgba(0,0,0,0)" : "rgba(0,0,0,.05)");
rowIndex++;
}
}
});
