I have a standard html table and inside its rows there are nested tables. These nested tables are generated by a plugin and I have no choice but to use this layout.
The problem I am facing is that the nested tables fit inside the second column of the parent table. And I need to put headers above the nested table columns and vertically align them with the header for the first column of parent table.
I would like to achieve this using jQuery. I have made an example of how my current layout looks like, the column headers that I wish to align have been given a background color of red. Here is the example: http://jsfiddle.net/Qh66H/
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>
</head>
<body>
<table class="outer-table">
<thead>
<th>Heading 1</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
Content 1
</td>
<td>
<table>
<thead>
<th>Heading 1.1</th>
<th>Heading 1.2</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
Content 1.1
</td>
<td>
Content 1.2
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Content 2
</td>
<td>
<table>
<thead>
<th>Heading 2.1</th>
<th>Heading 2.2</th>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
Content 2.1
</td>
<td>
Content 2.2
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
<script>
function styleHeaders(){
//Hide all except the first nested headers.
$(".outer-table table").find("thead").not(":eq(0)").css('display', 'none');
//Move first nested table header up.
$(".outer-table table").find("thead:eq(0)").css('background-color', 'red');
}
styleHeaders();
</script>
</html>
I hope someone can help, thank you.