How to add a new row in a table using jQuery?

jQuery Web Development Front End Technology

Use event delegations to include both add a new and delete a table row on a web page using jQuery.

Firstly, set a button in HTML to add new row

<button id="newbtn">
   Add new Row
</button>

Now under the button click event, set the code:

$("#newbtn").click(function () {
}

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
   $(document).ready(function(){
      var x = 1;
      $("#newbtn").click(function () {
         $("table tr:first").clone().find("input").each(function () {
            $(this).val('').attr({
               'id': function (_, id) {
                  return id + x
               },
               'name': function (_, name) {
                  return name + x
               },
               'value': ''
            });
         }).end().appendTo("table");
         x++;
      });

      $(document).on('click', 'button.deletebtn', function () {
         $(this).closest('tr').remove();
         return false;
      });
   });
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<button type="button" class="deletebtn" title="Remove row">X</button>
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="txtTitle" name="txtTitle">
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="txtLink" name="txtLink">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<button id="newbtn">Add new Row</button>
</body>
</html>

Kristi Castro

Updated on: 20-Jun-2020

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