Tables with at least 20 rows are more readable when its rows look like stripes – even row in one color, odd one in another. Before jQuery we used to add class to each row of table, we made "<tr class="even"> …</tr>" and "<tr class="odd"> …</tr>". Now it’s much easier to do using jQuery.

Source data:

Html-code of table:

    <table>
        <tr>
            <th>#</th>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Age</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td>Alexey</td>
            <td>34</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>Mark</td>
            <td>8</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>Dina</td>
            <td>35</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>4</td>
            <td>Marta</td>
            <td>6</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>5</td>
            <td>Dana</td>
            <td>7</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

 

CSS styles for table

    <style>
        table {
            border: #000 1px solid;
            border-collapse: collapse;
        }
        th {
            background-color: aquamarine;
            padding: 2px 4px;
        }
        tr {
            background-color: azure;
        }
        tr.striped {
            background-color: green;
            color: #FFF;
        }
    </style>

To make striped table, we need to add jQuery to a page and add some code:

    <script src="js/jquery.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("table tr:nth-child(even)").addClass("striped");
        });
    </script>

 

You can make user decide whether he wants to colorize table by himself. In this case you need to add button "Colorize table" and add action "$("table tr:nth-child(even)").addClass("striped");" for it.

    <input id="colorizeButton" type="button" value="Colorize table" />
    <input id="deColorizeButton" type="button" value="deColorize table" /><br />

<script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#colorizeButton').click(function () {
                $("table tr:nth-child(even)").addClass("striped");
            });
            $('#deColorizeButton').click(function () {
                $("table tr:nth-child(even)").removeClass();
            });
        });
</script>

 

 

 

#	Name	Age
1	Alexey	34
2	Mark	8
3	Dina	35
4	Marta	6
5	Dana	7