Question

Here is the markups i have used

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <thead>
            <tr class="tr-head">
                <th>Amount Owed</th>
                <th>Amount Paid</th>
                <th>Check / Cash / Online</th>
                <th></th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
            <tr class="row0">
                <td>$10 <input type="text" name="amount_owed" id="amount_owed" value="10" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td>$20 <input type="text" name="amount_paid" id="amount_paid" value="20" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td>$30 <input type="text" name="check_cash_online" id="check_cash_online" value="30" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="edit-row" title="row0">Edit</a></td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="row1">
                <td>$10 <input type="text" name="amount_owed" id="amount_owed" value="10" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td>$20 <input type="text" name="amount_paid" id="amount_paid" value="20" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td>$30 <input type="text" name="check_cash_online" id="check_cash_online" value="30" style="display: none; width: 40px;" /></td>
                <td><a href="javascript:void(0);" class="edit-row" title="row1">Edit</a></td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>

I want to remove first three child cell td text (i.e. $10, $20….) except input element when i click on Edit of particular row. Input type should be show After hiding text of cell. Please help me how can i make it using jquery script. thanks

I have tried some script to do this i.e.

$(document).ready(function(){
            $('.edit-row').click(function(){
                    var title = $(this).attr('title');
                    $('.'+title+' td').text('');
                });
        });

But above script making cell empty.

Answer 1

This code will work for you:

​$('.edit-row​​').click(function() {
    $(this).closest('tr').find('td').not(':last')
        .contents().filter(
            function() {
                return this.nodeType == 3;
            }).remove();
});​

Tested here.

Zachary Kniebel hit it with the .contents() method

Sorry, I forgot the part where the input elements are shown:

$('.edit-row').click(function() {
    $(this).closest('tr').find('td').not(':last').contents()
        .filter(
            function() {
                return this.nodeType != 3;
            })
        .show().parent().contents()
        .filter(
            function() {
                return this.nodeType == 3;
            }).remove();
});​

Tested and working.