Name
TableRow.insertCell( ): insert a new, empty <td> element into a table row â DOM Level 2 HTML
Synopsis
HTMLElement insertCell(longindex
)
throws DOMException;
Arguments
-
index
The position at which the new cell is to be inserted.
Returns
An TableCell object that represents the newly created and
inserted <td>
element.
Throws
This method throws a DOMException with a code
of INDEX_SIZE_ERR
if
index
is less than zero or is greater
than the number of cells in the row.
Description
This method creates a new <td>
element and inserts it into the
row at the specified position. The new cell is inserted immediately
before the cell that is currently at the position specified by
index
. If
index
is equal to the number of cells in
the row, the new cell is appended to the end of the row.
Note that this convenience method inserts <td>
data cells only. If you need to
add a header cell into a row, you must create and insert the
<th>
element using Document.createElement( )
and Node.insertBefore( )
, or related
methods.
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