I am trying to create a custom table row but having difficulty getting it to behave properly. I've tried the two below methods and they give bizarre results. I realize that this is very easy to to without custom elements but this is a small example of a much larger project. What can I change to achieve the desired result?
class customTableRow extends HTMLElement {
constructor(){
super();
var shadow = this.attachShadow({mode: 'open'});
this.tableRow = document.createElement('tr');
var td = document.createElement('td');
td.innerText = "RowTitle";
this.tableRow.appendChild(td);
var td2 = document.createElement('td');
td2.innerText = "RowContent";
td2.colSpan = 4;
this.tableRow.appendChild(td2);
shadow.appendChild(this.tableRow);
}
}
customElements.define('custom-tr', customTableRow);
//Attempt 2
var newTr = new customTableRow;
document.getElementById('table2Body').appendChild(newTr);
td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
<span>Attempt 1:</span>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>One</th>
<th>Two</th>
<th>Three</th>
<th>Four</th>
<th>Five</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<custom-tr />
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<span>Attempt 2:</span>
<table id="table2">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>One</th>
<th>Two</th>
<th>Three</th>
<th>Four</th>
<th>Five</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="table2Body">
<!-- It should append here -->
</tbody>
</table>
<hr>
<span>This is how I want it to look:</span>
<table id="table2">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>One</th>
<th>Two</th>
<th>Three</th>
<th>Four</th>
<th>Five</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Row Title</td>
<td colspan="4">Row Content</td>
</tbody>
</table>
A
<table>
element and its subcomponents<tbody>
,<tr>
require a very specific syntax. For example, only<tr>
elements are authorized as children of<tbody>
.Therefore you cannot define a element and insert it in
<tbody>
or<table>
. If you do that it will be moved outside of the<table>
at parsing. Hence the display of your first example (look the code in the Dev Tools).Instead you should define a customized tag instead like in this answer to a similar question.
Or you should redefine a complete custom table structure with
<custom-table>
,<custom-tbody>
... like in this other answer.Also, you should use closing tag
<custom-tr></custom-tr>
, and insert your CSS rule in the Shadow DOM if you want it to by applied inside it.