Question

I am dynamically adding columns to a table by using document.createElement("th")

var newTH = document.createElement('th');

Is there a way to set an onClick attribute for this so a user can delete the column by clicking on the header? Any help would be great. If this is not possible, is it possible to put something in

newTH.innerHTML

to make it work?

Answer 1

var newTH = document.createElement('th');
newTH.innerHTML = 'Hello, World!';
newTH.onclick = function () {
    this.parentElement.removeChild(this);
};

var table = document.getElementById('content');
table.appendChild(newTH);

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/23tBM/

You can also just hide with this.style.display = 'none'.