I am trying to change the text of a table cell when only the

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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T18:09:42+00:00 2026-05-13T18:09:42+00:00

I am trying to change the text of a table cell when only the <table> element has an ID, there are no IDs set on the cells, e.g.

<table id="test">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Cell 1</td>
      <td>Cell 2</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

So how do I change the text of the second cell (Cell 2) in Javascript without explicitly specifying an ID for it?

Thanks,

AJ

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-13T18:09:43+00:00

Editorial Team

It’s really easy to do with jQuery, but I’m assuming you want to use native DOM methods. In that case,

document.getElementById('test').getElementsByTagName('td')[1]

will get you to the 2nd table cell in that table.

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