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Show Hide Table Column Using JavaScript

Last Updated : Jul 1, 2023

IN - JavaScript HTML | Written & Updated By - Pragati

In this tutorial we will show you how to show hide table column using JavaScript.When user check or uncheck the checkbox a table column will hide or show respectively.You may also like sort table using jQuery.

Show Hide Table Column Using JavaScript

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To Show Hide Table Column It Takes Only Two Steps:-

  1. Make a HTML file and define markup and scripting
  2. Make a CSS file and define styling

Step 1. Make a HTML file and define markup and scripting

We make a HTML file and save it with a name table.html 

<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="table_style.css">
<script type="text/javascript">
function hide_show_table(col_name)
{
 var checkbox_val=document.getElementById(col_name).value;
 if(checkbox_val=="hide")
 {
  var all_col=document.getElementsByClassName(col_name);
  for(var i=0;i<all_col.length;i++)
  {
   all_col[i].style.display="none";
  }
  document.getElementById(col_name+"_head").style.display="none";
  document.getElementById(col_name).value="show";
 }
	
 else
 {
  var all_col=document.getElementsByClassName(col_name);
  for(var i=0;i<all_col.length;i++)
  {
   all_col[i].style.display="table-cell";
  }
  document.getElementById(col_name+"_head").style.display="table-cell";
  document.getElementById(col_name).value="hide";
 }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">

<div id="checkbox_div">
 <p>Show Hide Column</p>
 <li><input type="checkbox" value="hide" id="name_col" onchange="hide_show_table(this.id);">Name</li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" value="hide" id="age_col" onchange="hide_show_table(this.id);">Age</li>
 <li><input type="checkbox" value="hide" id="city_col" onchange="hide_show_table(this.id);">City</li>
</div>

<table id="employee_table" align="center" cellpadding=10>
<tr>
 <th>S.no</th>
 <th id="name_col_head">Name</th>
 <th id="age_col_head">Age</th>
 <th id="city_col_head">City</th>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td>1</td>
 <td class="name_col">Amit</td>
 <td class="age_col">26</td>
 <td class="city_col">Agra</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td>2</td>
 <td class="name_col">Rahul</td>
 <td class="age_col">22</td>
 <td class="city_col">Mumbai</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td>3</td>
 <td class="name_col">Manoj</td>
 <td class="age_col">31</td>
 <td class="city_col">Delhi</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td>4</td>
 <td class="name_col">Rashmi</td>
 <td class="age_col">25</td>
 <td class="city_col">Bhopal</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td>5</td>
 <td class="name_col">Shivam</td>
 <td class="age_col">23</td>
 <td class="city_col">Jaipur</td>
</tr>

</table>

</div>
</body>
</html>

In this step we create a table and add some sample data for further working and create 3 checkbox one for each type of table column to hide and show the respective table column.

We create a function called 'hide_show_table()' to hide and show table column in this function we get the value of checkbox when clicked and check if the value is 'hide' it means we have to hide that particular table header and column and change that checkbox value to 'show' to show the hidden table header and column on next time.

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Step 2. Make a CSS file and define styling

We make a CSS file and save it with a name table_style.css 

body
{
 text-align:center;
 width:100%;
 margin:0 auto;
 padding:0px;
 font-family:helvetica;
 background-color:#FA8258;
}
#wrapper
{
 text-align:center;
 margin:0 auto;
 padding:0px;
 width:995px;
}
#checkbox_div
{
 width:375px;
 margin-left:309px;
}
#checkbox_div p
{
 margin:5px;
 color:white;
 font-weight:bold;
 font-size:17px;
}
#checkbox_div li
{
 color:white;
 display:inline-block;
 margin:5px;
 font-size:17px;
 font-weight:bold;
}
#checkbox_div input[type="checkbox"]
{
 width:20px;
 height:20px;
}
#employee_table
{
 color:#FE642E;
 background-color:white;
 text-align:center;
}
#employee_table th
{
 border:1px dashed #FE642E;
}
#employee_table td
{
 min-width:70px;
 border:1px dashed #FE642E;
}

Thats all, this is how to show and hide table column using JavaScript and HTML. You can customize this code further as per your requirement. And please feel free to give comments on this tutorial.

I hope this tutorial on show and hide table column using JavaScript helps you and the steps and method mentioned above are easy to follow and implement.

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Author Image About Pragati

Experienced coding content writer who enjoys breaking down complex concepts in programming languages like Java, Python, C, and C++. Over three years of experience producing interesting and relevant content for a variety of entities. Committed to providing concise and easy-to-understand articles that assist readers in easily understanding technology and industry trends in the world of coding and software development.

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