Question

I have a html table and I want to append a form to each tr. I have written this:

<script>

var bform = '<form name="input" action="html_form_action.asp" method="get"><input type="hidden" value="event"></input><input type="submit" value="Submit" /></from>';

$('tr').prepend(bform);

</script>

But it does not seem to be working for me, nor is it throwing an error in the console.

Could some one point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

Add tr and td to your bform

var bform = '<tr><td> YOUR FORM HERE</td></tr>'

When you prepend a string to a tr, you are inserting inside a table, so, your current code is invalid:

<table>
    <form name="input" action="html_form_action.asp" method="get">
        <input type="hidden" value="event"></input>
        <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </from>';
    ^^^^^ INVALID HTML ^^^^^

    <tr>
        <td>CONTENT</td>
    </tr>
</table>

As Blender said, make sure you put the code inside a jQuery(document).ready(function($){})

Additionally, you don’t need to close inputs, so, both are valid codes:

<input type="hidden" value="event">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">