javascript - How do I create HTML table using jQuery dynamically?

Question

I am trying to create a HTML table like the following dynamically using jQuery:

<table id='providersFormElementsTable'>
    <tr>
        <td>Nickname</td>
        <td><input type="text" id="nickname" name="nickname"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>CA Number</td>
        <td><input type="text" id="account" name="account"></td>
    </tr>
</table>

This is my actual table :

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id='providersFormElementsTable'> </table>

This is the method which will create tr and td elements taking id and labelText:

function createFormElement(id, labelText) {
    // create a new textInputBox button using supplied parameters
    var textInputBox = $('<input />').attr({
        type: "text", id: id, name: id
    });
    // create a new textInputBox using supplied parameters
    var inputTypeLable = $('<label />').append(textInputBox).append(labelText);

    // append the new radio button and label
    $('#providersFormElementsTable').append(inputTypeLable).append('<br />');
}

I also have a value which will be shown as tool tip.

Please help me to create a table dynamically with tool tip and tr td.

EDIT:

I have almost done with the following code:

function createProviderFormFields(id, labelText,tooltip,regex) {
    var tr = '<tr>' ;
    // create a new textInputBox  
    var textInputBox = $('<input />').attr({
        type: "text",
        id: id, name: id,
        title: tooltip
    });  

    // create a new Label Text
    tr += '<td>' + labelText  + '</td>';
    tr += '<td>' + textInputBox + '</td>';  
    tr +='</tr>';
    return tr;
}

Here label is coming properly and the input box is not coming and it shows [object Object] where the text box has to come...

When I printed the textInputBox using console.log, I get the following:

[input#nickname, constructor: function, init: function, selector: "", jquery: "1.7.2", size: function…]

What could be the issue?

Thanks to @theghostofc who showed me path... :)

Answer 1

You may use two options:

1. createElement
2. InnerHTML

Create Element is the fastest way (check here.):

$(document.createElement('table'));

InnerHTML is another popular approach:

$("#foo").append("<div>hello world</div>"); // Check similar for table too.

Check a real example on How to create a new table with rows using jQuery and wrap it inside div.

There may be other approaches as well. Please use this as a starting point and not as a copy-paste solution.

Edit:

Check Dynamic creation of table with DOM

Edit 2:

IMHO, you are mixing object and inner HTML. Let's try with a pure inner html approach:

function createProviderFormFields(id, labelText, tooltip, regex) {
    var tr = '<tr>' ;
         // create a new textInputBox  
           var textInputBox = '<input type="text" id="' + id + '" name="' + id + '" title="' + tooltip + '" />';  
        // create a new Label Text
            tr += '<td>' + labelText  + '</td>';
            tr += '<td>' + textInputBox + '</td>';  
    tr +='</tr>';
    return tr;
}