Question

Using Jquery, I want to build a table of size 4×4 with equal sized blocks, which I can “fill” with a color.

Visual example:

The circle does not have to be included for this question.

I’m looking for advice, links, or suggestions on how to build this. I’m not very familiar with Jquery’s canvas/draw functionality but I think that may be a possible solution. The determinate for which boxes are filled will be set by how many levels of a job a player has finished. For example the first column shows that the player has completed all 4 levels.

However, I can worry about how to send in the information. What I’m unsure of is (again) the best way to make a simple table like this.

Answer 1

Here you go:

HTML:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td class="a"></td>
        <td></td>
        <td></td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="a"></td>
        <td></td>
        <td class="c"></td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="a"></td>
        <td class="b"></td>
        <td class="c"></td>
        <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="a"></td>
        <td class="b"></td>
        <td class="c"></td>
        <td class="d"></td>
    </tr>
</table>

CSS:

td { width:40px; height:40px; border:1px solid #333; }
td.a { background-color:red; }
td.b { background-color:blue; }
td.c { background-color:purple; }
td.d { background-color:green; }

Additionally, you may want to use a CSS Reset style sheet in order to make the table appear the same cross-browser.

Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/simevidas/hdBZY/