expand/collapse table rows with JQuery

I want to expand and collapse table rows when header columns is clicked. I only want to expand/collapse rows which are under the specific header (clicked).

Here is my table structure:

 <table border="0">
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2">Header</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>data</td>
        <td>data</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>data</td>
        <td>data</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td colspan="2">Header</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>date</td>
        <td>data</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>data</td>
        <td>data</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>data</td>
        <td>data</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

Any thoughts on how can I accomplish this task. Using div this task seems quite simple, but I have tabular data which I want to manipulate.

One idea I can think of is to use css class in every row which distinguish rows in under each header and use JQuery to expand/collapse those rows only when header is clicked. But if my table has 10-15 headers then it seems difficult to keep track of css classes.

Please suggest a suitable way to achieve this.

You can try this way:-

Give a class say header to the header rows, use nextUntil to get all rows beneath the clicked header until the next header.

JS

$('.header').click(function(){
    $(this).nextUntil('tr.header').slideToggle(1000);
});

Html

<table border="0">
  <tr  class="header">
    <td colspan="2">Header</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>

Demo

Another Example:

$('.header').click(function(){
   $(this).find('span').text(function(_, value){return value=='-'?'+':'-'});
    $(this).nextUntil('tr.header').slideToggle(100); // or just use "toggle()"
});

Demo

You can also use promise to toggle the span icon/text after the toggle is complete in-case of animated toggle.

$('.header').click(function () {
    var $this = $(this);
    $(this).nextUntil('tr.header').slideToggle(100).promise().done(function () {
        $this.find('span').text(function (_, value) {
            return value == '-' ? '+' : '-'
        });
    });
});

.promise()

.slideToggle()

Or just with a css pseudo element to represent the sign of expansion/collapse, and just toggle a class on the header.

CSS:-

.header .sign:after{
  content:"+";
  display:inline-block;      
}
.header.expand .sign:after{
  content:"-";
}

JS:-

$(this).toggleClass('expand').nextUntil('tr.header').slideToggle(100);

Demo

The easiest way to achieve this, without changing the HTML table-based structure, is to use a class-name on the tr elements containing a header, such as .header, to give:

<table border="0">
  <tr class="header">
    <td colspan="2">Header</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="header">
    <td colspan="2">Header</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>date</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data</td>
    <td>data</td>
  </tr>
</table>

And the jQuery:

// bind a click-handler to the 'tr' elements with the 'header' class-name:
$('tr.header').click(function(){
    /* get all the subsequent 'tr' elements until the next 'tr.header',
       set the 'display' property to 'none' (if they're visible), to 'table-row'
       if they're not: */
    $(this).nextUntil('tr.header').css('display', function(i,v){
        return this.style.display === 'table-row' ? 'none' : 'table-row';
    });
});

JS Fiddle demo.

In the linked demo I've used CSS to hide the tr elements that don't have the header class-name; in practice though (despite the relative rarity of users with JavaScript disabled) I'd suggest using JavaScript to add the relevant class-names, hiding and showing as appropriate:

// hide all 'tr' elements, then filter them to find...
$('tr').hide().filter(function () {
    // only those 'tr' elements that have 'td' elements with a 'colspan' attribute:
    return $(this).find('td[colspan]').length;
    // add the 'header' class to those found 'tr' elements
}).addClass('header')
    // set the display of those elements to 'table-row':
  .css('display', 'table-row')
    // bind the click-handler (as above)
  .click(function () {
    $(this).nextUntil('tr.header').css('display', function (i, v) {
        return this.style.display === 'table-row' ? 'none' : 'table-row';
    });
});

JS Fiddle demo.

References:

• addClass().
• click().
• css().
• filter().
• find().
• hide().
• nextUntil().