On Apr 8, 9:56 am, RobG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Apr 8, 1:56 pm, "R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'm just wondering if there is any easy way to find out the header
> > (th) of the table column (td)?
> > Say,
> > ----------------------
> > | head1 | head2 |
> > ----------------------
> > | r11 | r12 |
> > ----------------------
> > | r21 | r22 |
> > ----------------------
>
> > Here, r22's heading is "head2"
>
> You need to know what relationship that the "header" cell has with the
> table cell. In a table with one tbody and the "header" cells are just
> the first row of the table (i.e. the header row is in the same
> tableSectionElement as the table cell), then if td is the cell:
>
> var headerCell =
> td.parentNode.parentNode.rows[0].cells[td.cellIndex];
>
> If however the header cell is in a thead (which is a different
> tableSectionElement), you will need an extra parentNode:
>
> var headerCell =
> td.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.rows[0].cells[td.cellIndex];
Superb. Thanks.
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