Thanks for the reply Richard! This is a quick prototype, so for the moment I'm using the ColumnManager plugin - http://p.sohei.org/stuff/jquery/columnmanager/demo/demo.html It seems to simplify the process a bit, though it's not exactly what I'm looking for -rolfsf
On Aug 12, 6:21 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Unfortunately you have to get the columns by selecting the n-th cell in each > row. If you're going to be doing lots of toggling, would be best to add a > class to each, like col1, col2, col3; either in the generated html, or on > document.ready, so you're not searching over and over, especially if it's a > large table. Or at the very least, cache the jQuery objects that contain > each column of cells, the results of your queries, if the table isn't going > to change. > - Richard > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:17 PM, rolfsf <rol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've got a table in which I've set up some column groups. > > <colgroup class="location"> > > <col></col> > > </colgroup> > > <colgroup class="year"> > > <col class="this"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > </colgroup> > > <colgroup class="year"> > > <col class="this"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > <col class="that"></col> > > </colgroup> > > ... > > > Ideally, I'd like to be able to toggle the visibility of the <col > > class="that"> - can I select them as cols in jquery, or do I need to > > get at them via the rows? > > > Thanks!
