Select table cells w/ jQuery

Question

How do I select all but the first TDs? I don't know how many columns there could be in the table, so I can't really use :nth-child(2) etc...

<table>
<tr>
    <td>do not select</td>
    <td>select</td>
    <td>select</td>
    <td>select</td>
    ...
</tr>
</table>

Not exact duplicate @Marek . Similars, yes, duplicates? no :) — Madara's Ghost, Aug 30 '11 at 16:20
@sennin sorry, this question is similar to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1467226/jquery-target-all-except — Marek Sebera, Aug 30 '11 at 16:22
@Marek Sebera Isn't it the same URL? Still not the duplicate. In any case, why is -1? — santa, Aug 30 '11 at 16:26
@santa i wrote similar, not duplicate, that's is just chaining your and that questions together because the problem is similar — Marek Sebera, Aug 30 '11 at 16:27

ShankarSangoli · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-30T16:20:37.103

4

Try this using :gt(0) which select all elements at an index greater than index within the matched set.

$("table td:gt(0)");

Working demo

edited Aug 30 '11 at 16:20

answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:15

ShankarSangoli

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:16

3

$allTableCellsButFirst = $('table tr td').not('tr:first-child td:first-child');

Should do the trick for you.

answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:16

Madara's Ghost

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:18

1

$('table tr td:first-child').siblings();

answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:18

Marc B

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:18

0

You could add a class to your TD's:

$('#someTable .tableCell').each(function()
{
    alert($(this).html());
});

answered Aug 30 '11 at 16:18

Brian

4 Answers4